Plate Tectonics Reading Passage and Quiz

What are the large, moving pieces of the Earth's surface called?

• Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

• Tectonic plates

• Ocean trenches

What is the outermost layer of the Earth where tectonic plates are located?

• Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

• Mantle

• Core

What is the semi-fluid layer beneath the lithosphere called?

• Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

• Mantle

• Core

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

• Convergent

• Transform

• Divergent

• Subduction

What type of boundary involves plates moving toward each other?

• Divergent

• Transform

• Convergent

• Subduction

What is an example of a transform boundary?

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• Mariana Trench

• San Andreas Fault

• Himalayas

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What landform is created when two continental plates collide?

• Ocean trenches

• Volcanoes

• Mountains

• Mid-ocean ridges

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What happens when an oceanic plate subducts beneath a continental plate?

• Formation of mountains

• Creation of ocean trenches

• Formation of volcanoes

• Creation of mid-ocean ridges

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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What is the deepest part of the world's oceans?

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• San Andreas Fault

• Mariana Trench

• Himalayas

What is the result of the friction between plates at transform boundaries?

• Formation of mountains

• Creation of ocean trenches

• Earthquakes

• Formation of volcanoes

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