Tectonic Plates and Boundaries

Tectonic Plates and Boundaries

Assessment

Passage

Science

7th Grade

Hard

Created by

Deloris James

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26 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Juan de Fuca plate is subducting under the North American plate. Which type of plate boundary does this describe?

Convergent boundary

Divergent boundary

Transform boundary

Passive boundary

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The United States is located on which continental plate?

North American Plate

South American Plate

Eurasian Plate

African Plate

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

List three major tectonic plates north of the equator.

Australian, Pacific, Nazca

Arabian, Indian, South American

South American, Antarctic, Indian

North American, Eurasian, African

Eurasian, Indian, Antarctic

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Would the Pacific plate have mainly oceanic or continental crust?

Oceanic crust

Continental crust

Both equally

Neither

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

There is a mid-ocean ridge between the South American and African plates. What kind of boundary is this?

Convergent boundary

Divergent boundary

Transform boundary

Subduction zone

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which number is the closest location to the South American plate?

1

2

3

4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Cocos plate shares a boundary with which three major tectonic plates?

Pacific, North American, Caribbean

Eurasian, African, Antarctic

Indian, Australian, South American

Nazca, Philippine, Arabian

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