Plate Tectonics & boundaries Review Quiz 2025

The slow movement of the continents over Earth’s surface is called

• Sea-floor spreading

• Continental drift

• Subduction

• Fault

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A boundary where two plates move past (slip by) each other in opposite directions is called a

• Convergent boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Rift valley

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The preserved remains or traces of living things are called

• Fossil

• Tectonic plate

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Deep-ocean trench

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

A deep valley that forms where two continental plates move apart is called a

• Rift valley

• Convergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Sea-floor spreading

A geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced downward into the mantle below another plate is called

• Sea-floor spreading

• Subduction

• Continental drift

• Transform boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other is a

• Divergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Rift valley

The theory that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle is called

• Plate tectonics

• Sea-floor spreading

• Subduction

• Continental drift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is a deep valley along the ocean floor where the oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle called?

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Deep-ocean trench

• Rift valley

• Transform fault

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other called?

• Convergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Subduction zone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary is most associated with earthquakes?

• Divergent

• Transform

• Convergent

• Subduction