Plate Tectonics Test

Lithospheric plates have moved to form land formations on Earth’s surface. Which land formation occurs as a result of the plates folding upon one another?

• a river

• a volcano

• an earthquake

• a mountain range

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which best explains the movement of tectonic plates?

• They move several miles each year because of convection within Earth.

• They move several centimeters each year because of convection within Earth.

• They move several feet each year because of convection within Earth.

• They move several kilometers each year because of convection within Earth.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

In the region where two continental plates collide, what geological feature most often forms?

• an ocean

• a volcano

• a river valley

• a mountain chain

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

The movement of crustal plates results from circulating currents in material beneath the crust of Earth. Which best describes the material which moves the crustal plates?

• hot water

• molten rock

• liquid metal

• solid iron

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Label each plate boundary.

a

b

c

Divergent

Convergent

Transform

Label the parts of the plate boundary

a

b

c

Mountains

Subduction zone

Continental crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

​ (a)   the process by which rock material moves under Earth’s outer layer and into the mantle due to plate motion

• subduction

• uplift

• weathering

• sediment

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ESS2.A

ESS2.C

ESS3.A

ESS3.C

Match the following

• Divergent boundary

• A plate boundary where two tectonic plates move toward each other and collide

• Subduction

• A plate boundary where two tectonic plates move apart from each other

• Convergent boundary

• A plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide horizontally past one another

• Transform boundary

• process in which two lithospheric plates of different densities converge and the denser one sinks into the mantle beneath the other

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

According to the graph, how many kilometers from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge are rock samples that are 75 million years old? ​

• 1,150 Km

• 3 Km

• 1,300 Km

• 800 Km

• 1,000 Km

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

This image shows the formation of a mountain range. At this ​ (a)   plate boundary, colliding plates are a ​ (b)   .

• convergent

• constructive force

• destructive force

• force field

• divergent

• transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2