Geological Processes and Features Quiz

What is the process called when two ocean plates move apart?

• Subduction

• Sea-floor spreading

• Transform plate boundary

• Convection current

Iceland

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which geological feature is formed by the collision of two continental plates?

• Rift Valley

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Himalaya Mountains

• Trench

Andes Mountains

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is label H?

• Sea-floor Spreading

• Trench

• Convection Current

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is created when the ocean floor is destroyed?

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Trench

• Rift Valley

• Volcanic Mountain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Two ocean plates moving apart

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which feature is associated with the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?

• Transform plate boundary

• Subduction zone

• Sea-floor spreading

• Volcanic Mountain

Himalaya Mountains

• A

• B

• C

• D

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is label E?

• Volcanic Mountain

• Oceanic Crust

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Continental Crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3