Plate Tectonics Final

At which boundary is crust neither consumed or created?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• oceanic

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Convergent boundary

,

(b) Divergent boundary

,

(c) Transform boundary

• volcanoes

• mid-ocean ridge

• trench

• mountains

• rift valley

• only earthquakes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Place each label in the correct category.

Groups:

(a) Continental Crust

,

(b) Oceanic Crust

• younger

• older

• scarcely floats

• recycles

• less dense

• thicker

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

In sea-floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts...

• along the edges of all the continents

• along mid-ocean ridges

• in deep-ocean trenches

• at the north and south poles

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

How did scientists discover that rocks farther away from the mid-ocean ridge were older than those near it?

• by observing eruptions of molten material on the sea floor

• by mapping rocks on the sea floor using sonar

• by determining the age of rock samples obtained by drilling on the sea floor

• by measuring how fast sea-floor spreading occurs

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What did scientists notice when they observed the mid-ocean ridge?

• a convergent boundary

• pillow-shaped rocks formed by the rapid hardening of molten material

• the movement of Earth's plates

• convection currents

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as...

• convection

• continental drift

• subduction

• conduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Movement of the Earth's plates is caused by....

• conduction

• earthquakes

• Earth's magnetic field

• convection currents in the mantle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A collision between two pieces of continental crust at a converging boundary produces a...

• deep-ocean trench

• mid-ocean ridge

• rift valley

• mountain range

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a...

• transform boundary

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• rift valley

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3