Plate Tectonic Test Review

The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by _____.

• the cooling of magma as it rises from seafloor spreading

• the shifting of plates from side to side

• convection currents in the Earth's mantle

• ocean currents above the oceanic plates

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What geological features are formed at a divergent plate boundary?

• Volcanoes,
  Mid-ocean ridges

• Earthquakes,
  Volcanoes

• Mountain ranges,
  Volcanic mountains

• Mid-ocean ridges,
  Rift valley

Which type of plate boundary is most likely to cause earthquakes?

• Subduction

• Transform

• Divergent

• Convergent

Where is the OLDEST crust in the mid-oceanic ridge is located? 

• At the center of the mid-ocean ridge

• Farthest from the center (on the outside edge)

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Which statement describes how fossils from the freshwater Mesosaurus reptile is found in both South America and Africa?

• A freshwater reptile could not have swam across the ocean, so the oceans must have once been filled with freshwater.

• A freshwater reptile could not have swam across the ocean, so the continents must have been connected.

• The oceans must have been smaller, so the freshwater reptiles had shorter distances to swim across.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

In this convergent plate boundary, the _______ plate collides with a continental plate.

(Type answer in lowercase)

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

SELECT TWO- Which two geological features occur at CONVERGENT plate boundaries?

• Volcanic mountains (Volcanoes) (on land)

• Rift Valleys (on land)

• Mid-Ocean Ridges (underwater)

• Ocean trenches
  (in water)

Answer explanation

Convergent boundaries in the ocean can create trenches and volcanic mountains.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which TWO features or events occurs at a divergent plate boundary?

• subduction (underwater)

• rift valley (on land)

• seafloor speading (underwater)

• folded mountain (on land)

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This sliding of tectonic plates create ____.

• earthquakes

• volcanic eruptions

• seafloor spreading

• rift valley

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The area around the pacific plate where boundaries form is called the Ring of Fire. Which two features or events primarily occur at this plate boundary?

• Earthquake

• Rift valleys

• Seafloor spreading

• Volcanic Eruptions

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2