Plate Tectonics Review for Checkpoint Quiz #2

When two oceanic plates converge, they can create a ______.

• volcanic island arc

• coral

• sand

• barrier

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

2. Geologic formation made by two continental plates at a convergent boundary: ______.

• mountains

• rift valleys

• oceanic trenches

• volcanic islands

Type of crust that is thick, less dense, and made up of granite rock: ______.

• Continental crust

• Oceanic crust

• Basaltic crust

• Mantle crust

Last name of scientist who first proposed continental drift theory

• Wegener

• Hess

• Tharp

• Darwin

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

A continental volcanic ______ is a range of volcanic mountains produced by the subduction of an oceanic plate under a continental plate.

• arc

• ridge

• plateau

• trench

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Geologic feature located at a divergent plate boundary between two oceanic plates: ______.

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Trench

• Volcanic arc

• Transform fault

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Type of plate boundary where plates move towards one another: ______.

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

• passive margin

Process that occurs when one tectonic plate descends under another tectonic plate: ______.

• subduction

• convection

• divergence

• uplift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Name of supercontinent that existed about 250 million years ago: ______.

• Pangaea

• Pegasus

• Pandemea

• Atlantis

Type of crust that is thin, dense, and made up of basalt rock: ______.

• continental crust

• oceanic crust

• granite crust

• sedimentary crust