Review of Plate Tectonics

What is an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced?

• Rift valley

• Deep-ocean trench

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Transform bounda

A __________ is a deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle.

• deep-ocean trench

• rift valley

• sea-floor spreading

• mid-ocean ridge

What is the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary?

• Subduction

• Induction

• Abduction 

• Reduction

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

_____________ is a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.

• Convergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Insurgent boundary

What is the primary force that causes tectonic plates to move?

• Gravitational pull from the Sun

• Magnetic field of the Earth

• Convection currents in the mantle

• Rotation of the Earth on its axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the primary cause of continental drift according to the theory of plate tectonics?

• The rotation of the Earth

• The gravitational pull of the Moon

• The movement of convection currents in the Earth's mantle

• The expansion of the sea floor

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the term for the boundary where two tectonic plates meet?

• Fault

• Rift

• Plate Boundary

• Trench

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DOK Level 1: Recall

What is the theory of plate tectonics?

• The theory that the Earth is cooling and contracting

• The theory that the Earth's lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move around on the asthenosphere

• The theory that the Earth is expanding

• The theory that mountains are formed by the expansion of the Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Propose a method to demonstrate how plate tectonics causes earthquakes.

• Build a scale model of tectonic plates using rubber sheets

• Simulate earthquakes in a sandbox with sliding blocks

• Use a computer model to visualize stress accumulation in tectonic plates

• Analyze historical earthquake data and tectonic movements

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

What type of plate boundary occurs when two plates move towards each other?

• Divergent boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Subduction zone