Plate Tectonics STAAR Questions

What type of boundary is this?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary is this?

• convergent

• transform

• divergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary is this?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What evidence was NOT used by Wegener as proof of continental drift?

• land features

• erosion

• climate

• fossils

What is a plate boundary where both plates move away from each other?

• divergent

• plate

• convergent

• transform

According to Wegener's theory of continental drift,

• Earth's surface is made up of seven major landmasses

• the continents do not drift

• Earth is slowly cooling and shrinking

• the continents were once joined together in a single landmass and have slowly moved.

What is Pangea?

• the name of a German scientist

• the name of a supercontinent that existed millions of years ago

• another name for continental drift

• the name of an ancient fossil

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What are breaks in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other?

• sea floor spreading

• subduction

• plates

• faults

What is the process that continually adds new crust to the ocean floor along both sides of the mid-ocean ridge?

• subduction

• continental drift

• convergent

• sea floor spreading

What is a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other?

• transform

• convergent

• divergent