Effects of Plate Tectonics Quiz

Effects of Plate Tectonics Quiz

8th Grade

10 Qs

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Effects of Plate Tectonics Quiz

Effects of Plate Tectonics Quiz

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

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112.20.b.9.B, 112.20.b.9.A, NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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10 questions

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1.

HOTSPOT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which set of arrows BEST represents the forces associated with transform boundaries?

Answer explanation

Media Image

Transform slides!

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112.20.b.9.B

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The diagram to the left shows the North American Plate moving to the west and the Eurasian Plate moving to the east.

Based on the direction both plates are moving, which of these crustal features is most likely to be seen at the boundary of the two tectonic plates?

Convergent Boundary

Mid-ocean ridge

Divergent boundary

Deep ocean trench

Answer explanation

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This is a divergent boundary, but the feature I would expect to see is a mid-ocean ridge.

Features are the physical evidence that tells us what kind of boundary it is.

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3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which geologic process can cause the formation of very tall mountain ranges such as the Himalayas?

Two continental plates converging

An earthquake in a subduction zone

A tectonic plate moving over a hotspot

Movement along a transform fault boundary

Answer explanation

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Continental crust is less dense than oceanic crust. Since both plates are continental, neither is going to go under the other one. Since no plate goes under, both go up!

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4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Choose all that apply.

The Nazca Plate is an oceanic plate. The western edge of the South American Plate contains continental crust. Based on the direction both plates are moving, what would you expect to see along the west coast of South America?

Volcanic mountains

A deep ocean trench

A rift valley

Folded Mountains

A mid-ocean ridge

Answer explanation

Media Image

Both plates are moving toward one another, so this is a convergent boundary.

Since one plate is oceanic and one is continental, the oceanic plate will go under the continental one, forming a trench.

As the oceanic plate goes under, it begins to melt, creating magma that erupts out of volcanoes on the continent.

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5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Folded mountains are associated with which type of plate boundary?

Convergent

Divergent

Subduction Zone

Transform

Answer explanation

Media Image

The mountains get squeezed up at a continental-continental convergent boundary.

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6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Evidence that supports the plate tectonic theory includes all of the following EXCEPT:

New crust is being formed along mid-ocean ridges.

Scientists can see and feel the tectonic plates moving.

Earthquakes occur most frequently along plate boundaries.

The continents appear to fit together like the pieces of a puzzle.

Answer explanation

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Plates move too slowly for us to see or feel. All of the rest were pieces of evidence that led us to the Theory of Plate Tectonics.

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7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Sea floor spreading suggests which of the following?

The sea floor moves away from trenches.

The sea floor moves away from the continents.

The sea floor moves away from the mid-ocean ridges.

The sea floor is getting deeper and deeper.

Answer explanation

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Seafloor spreading makes oceanic crust on both sides of a mid-ocean ridge.

Trenches have oceanic crust coming into them, not out.

The sea floor moves both toward and away from the continents, depending on where on earth you are.

The isn't any evidence that the sea floor is getting deeper.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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