Divergent Plate Boundaries (Regents Earth Science)

The world map below shows Earth's major tectonic plate boundaries. Letters A through D represent four surface locations.

Which location is on a major rift valley?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The photograph below shows the East African Rift Valley in Africa. Which tectonic movement of Earth's crust is most likely responsible for this feature?

• convergence of continental crust

• convergence of oceanic crust

• divergence of continental crust

• divergence of oceanic crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Points A through D are locations on the ocean floor.

Line XY connects locations in North America and Africa.

In which cross section do the arrows best show the convection occurring within the asthenosphere beneath line XY?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Samples of ocean-floor bedrock were collected at points A, B, C, and D. Which sequence show the correct order of the age of the bedrock from from oldest to youngest?

• D --> C --> B --> A

• A --> D --> B --> C

• C --> B --> D --> A

• A --> B --> D --> C

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The boundary between which two tectonic plates is most similar geologically to the plate boundary at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?

• Eurasian and Indian-Australian

• Cocos and Caribbean

• Pacific and Nazca

• Nazca and South American

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of plate boundary exists between the African Plate and the Antartic Plate?

• convergent

• transform

• divergent

• complex

Which two features are commonly found at divergent plate boundaries?

• mid-ocean ridges and rift valleys

• wide valleys and deltas

• ocean trenches and subduction zones

• hot spots and island arcs

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The map below shows a tectonic plate boundary in the Atlantic Ocean between South America and Africa. Letters A, B, C, and D represent locations on Earth's surface.

The most recently formed oceanic crust would be located closest to location...

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is occurring at the Southeast Indian Ridge?

• New oceanic crust is forming.

• Old oceanic crust is being destroyed.

• New continental crust is forming.

• Old continental crust is being destroyed.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The cross section below represents a pattern of magnetic field reversals preserved in the igneous bedrock of the oceanic crust east of the Mid-Atlantic ridge.

Which cross section best represents the magnetic field pattern west of the Mid-Atlantic ridge?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3