Chapter 11 Quiz - Plate Tectonics- Mr. Kirby

Continental plates are composed of basalt, and are Thinner and More dense than oceanic plates.

• True
• False

Long chains of undersea mountains are called mid-ocean ridges.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The boundary where two lithospheric plates are moving apart from each other is referred to as a divergent plate boundary.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Old crust is consumed into the mantle at a transform plate boundary.

• True
• False

Scientists have used volcanoes to help locate transform plate boundaries.

• True
• False

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Mid-ocean ridges

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform fault boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

San Andreas fault

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform fault boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Ocean trench

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform fault boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Rift valleys

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform fault boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Mountains ranges

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform fault boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3