Plate Tectonic Test 2025 Updated

Use the map of Iceland below to answer the question. The youngest rock is most likely found at which location? Look at the different letters on the map for the multiple choice options.

• A
• B
• C
• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is the difference between oceanic crust and continental crust? Select two correct answers

• Oceanic crust is more dense than continental crust.
• Oceanic crust is thinner than continental crust
• Oceanic crust is older than continental crust
• Oceanic crust is less dense than continental crust
• Oceanic crust is thicker than continental crust

The Mariana Trench is the deepest ocean trench on Earth. The trench occurs at a plate boundary where ______.

• one plate is sliding past another
• one plate is being forced beneath another
• two plates are colliding into each other, and folding over each other
• two plates are pulling apart from each other

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the name of the prehistoric landmass which was one continent? Meaning “All Land”

• Europa
• Pangea
• Glossopteris
• Wegnerville

A(n) ___ is created when a plate is pushed underneath another plate into the mantle.

• Hotspot
• Density
• Subduction Zone
• Pangea

Convection currents inside the mantle occur due to what correct statement?

• Hot more dense material rising, cool less dense material sinking
• Hot less dense material rising, coll more dense material sinking
• The core having a gravitational pull on the mantle
• A hot core heating the mantle and all of the magma is released onto the Earth’s crust through volcanic activity.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

In seafloor spreading, the FURTHER the ocean floor is away from the mid-ocean ridge, the _____________________ that floor will be.

• rockier
• newer
• older
• younger

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is the name of the prehistoric landmass which was one continent? Means “All land”

• Glomar
• Pangaea
• Glossopteris
• Mesosaurus

Why was Wegener's theory not accepted?

• He had no proof of how they were moving
• He had no evidence
• He was married
• He was not a Scientist

The thickness of ocean sediments that are CLOSE to a mid-ocean ridge is ______ the thickness of ocean sediments that are far from mid-ocean ridges.

• the same as
• less than
• always 100 times
• more than

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3