Effects of Plate Tectonics Quiz

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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
Transform slides!
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112.20.b.9.B
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
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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112.20.b.9.B
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
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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112.20.b.9.B
4.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
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
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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112.20.b.9.B
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
The mountains get squeezed up at a continental-continental convergent boundary.
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112.20.b.9.B
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
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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112.20.b.9.A
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
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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