Plate Motion Assessment

Name this boundary

• Convergent
• Divergent
• Transform
• Sergent

Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?

• submarine zone
• divergence zone
• subduction zone
• lower zone

Which of the following land formation occurs at a divergent plate boundary?

• mid-ocean ridge

• deep ocean trench

• Pacific hot spot

• rift valley

Mountains form from....

• plates sliding past one another

• collision of plates

• plates moving away from each other

• none of these

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Oceanic crust is.....

• Younger and less dense than continental crust
• Thinner, younger, and more dense than continental crust
• older, thicker, and less dense than continental crust
• Bigger and younger than continental crust

Earth's plates are....

• constantly moving and changing the face of the Earth

• never moved

• move seldom and very fast

• move when they feel like it

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent?

• Supreme Continent
• Eurasia
• Plate tectonics
• Pangea

Plate movement is caused by _____

• The rotation of the Earth
• Ocean tides
• Convection current in the mantle
• The moon's gravity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Created by a divergent boundary

• The Rocky Mountains

• Mariana's Trench

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Volcano

Plates moving apart would be...

• convergent
• divergent
• transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3