Plate Tectonic Theory quiz

The process caused by the rising of heated fluid and sinking of cooled fluid

• Convection Current

• Plate Tectonics

• Igneous Intrusion

• Pangea

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary

• earthquake

• rift valley

• transformation

• subduction

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True or False: The tectonic plates are still moving today.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Plates sliding past each other is called a _____________ boundary.

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Plates colliding or coming together is known as a ____________ boundary.

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

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Plates spreading apart or separating is known as a _________ boundary.

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is causing the tectonic plates to move?

• Convection causing a rotation of the material in the mantle

• Boiling water under Earth's surface

• Earthquakes

• Ocean Water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is it called when oceanic crust and continental crust collide?

• Divergent Zone

• Volcano Zone

• Hawaii

• Subduction Zone

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The San Andrea's Fault in California is which type of boundary?

• Convergent
• Divergent
• Subductive Zone
• Transform

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What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth’s layers?

• crust, outer core, inner core, mantle

• mantle, outer core, inner core, crust

• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

• outer core, inner core, crust, mantle

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