Plate Tectonics Quiz

What was the name of the single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents?

• Gondwanaland

• Laurasia

• Pangaea

• Eurasia

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is a mid-ocean ridge?

• A deep ocean trench

• An underwater mountain chain where new ocean floor is formed

• A large coral reef

• A boundary between continental plates

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of plate boundary occurs where two tectonic plates move away from each other?

• Convergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Subduction zone

Which of the following best describes the process of sea-floor spreading?

• The sinking of oceanic crust into the mantle

• The movement of continents over the ocean floor

• The creation of new oceanic crust at mid-ocean ridges

• The folding of geological layers into mountain ranges

What evidence supported the theory of continental drift?

• Similar rock formations on different continents

• The distribution of deserts worldwide

• The depth of the ocean floor

• The temperature of ocean water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What happens at a convergent plate boundary?

• Plates move sideways past each other

• Plates move away from each other

• Plates collide and one may be forced under the other

• Plates merge and form a single larger plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following features is most likely to form at a convergent boundary between two continental plates?

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Volcanic island arc

• Mountain range

• Rift valley

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the primary force that drives the movement of tectonic plates?

• Gravitational pull from the sun

• Magnetic fields within the Earth

• Thermal convection in the mantle

• Centrifugal force due to Earth's rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which type of plate boundary is associated with the San Andreas Fault in California?

• Divergent boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Subduction zone

The huge pieces of the earth's crust are called ____________________________. 

• crust
• plates
• directions
• seismos