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WorksheetsScience 8 STAAR Review: Plate Tectonics Quiz
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which of these landforms is caused by convergent boundaries?
Mid-ocean ridge
Fault
Rift valley
Trenches
The Ring of Fire is a pattern of volcanoes that circle the Pacific Ocean. What does this tell you about the boundaries in those locations?
They are mostly divergent boundaries.
They are mostly convergent boundaries.
They are mostly transform boundaries.
What type of boundary is point B a part of?
Divergent
Transform
Convergent
The satellite photograph below shows a large meterorite crater that is 1200m in diameter and 170 m deep. This crater is located in a flat, arid part of the northeastern Arizona. How will this crater most likely change over time?
It will get deeper as it fills with water.
It will rise up like a volcano crater.
It iwll beome less deep as the rim erodes.
It will widen as it fills with lava.
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the idea that continents move around on Earth's surface.
an ancient super made of the landmasses we know as our present day continents
What type of fossils were noticed by Wegener to be found on two different continents?
Most geologists think that the movement of Earth's tectonic plates is caused by
the rotation of the Earth.
the Earth's magnetic field.
subduction.
convection currents.
When plates collide we get ________.
crumbles
volcanos
trenches
mountain ranges
Subduction means.....
one plate goes under another plate
two plates slide past each other
two plate collide and form folded mountains
