Task 1 & 2 Quiz Review

The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Plate Boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Energy from the Sun

• Magnetic Pole Reversal

• Convection currents in the mantle

• Faults in Mountain Ranges

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of plate boundary is shown in the picture?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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What type of plate boundary is shown in the picture?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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What geologic event would most likely be found at a transform boundary?

• Volcano

• Mountain

• Earthquake

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What landform would you most likely find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

• Rift Valley

• Mountain

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Volcano

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

When plates collide together, this boundary occurs...

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Plates slide past one another at ____ boundaries.

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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Most geologists rejected Alfred Wegener's idea of continental drift because...

• it did not agree with their current theory

• Wegener was interested in what Earth was like millions of years ago

• Wegener used several different types of evidence to support his hypothesis

• Wegener could not identify the force that moved the continents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

___________ help explain why Earth is not getting any larger even though the tectonic plates are always moving.

• earthquakes
• subduction zones
• fossils
• volcanoes

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