Plate Tectonics Quiz SY22-23

What is a cross section?

• a layer of soft-solid rock

• a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like

• when two tectonic plates come together

• when two tectonic plates move apart

What is a divergent plate boundary?

• when two tectonic plates don't move

• when one tectonic plate sinks under another

• when two tectonic plates move apart from each other

• when two tectonic plates come together

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is a mid-ocean ridge?

• when an underwater mountain range forms along a CONVERGENT plate boundary.

• when an underwater mountain range forms along a DIVERGENT plate boundary.

• a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed along a CONVERGENT plate boundary.

• a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed along a DIVERGENT plate boundary.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is a trench?

• an underwater mountain range formed along a CONVERGENT plate boundary.

• an underwater mountain range formed along a DIVERGENT plate boundary.

• a long, indentation in the ocean floor formed along a CONVERGENT plate boundary.

• a long, indentation in the ocean floor formed along a DIVERGENT plate boundary.

What is a convergent plate boundary?

• when two tectonic plates don't move

• when two tectonic plates create a mid-ocean ridge

• when two tectonic plates come together

• when two tectonic plates pull apart

Scientists use fossils to:

• to learn about what Earth is currently like.

• to better understand what Earth was like in the past.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

True or False: Mesosaurus dinosaurs were able to swim long distances.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

True or False: The Mesosaurus fossils were found on different continents due to the plates pulling apart along convergent plate boundaries.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

True or False: Pangea is a supercontinent, which means that all of the plates were connected.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is scientific drilling?

• a way scientists learn more about Earth's outer layer by drilling past the mantle and into the core of the Earth.

• a way scientists learn more about Earth's outer layer by using large drills to collect samples below the surface.