Plate Tectonics Quiz

​ (a)   : The boundary between tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.

• Divergent
• Pangea
• Syncline

​ (a)   : A long, undersea mountain chain that has a steep, narrow valley at its center, that forms as magma rises from the mantle.

• mid-ocean ridge
• anticline
• plate tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

​ (a)   : the movement of a fluid, such as magma, due to differences in density that are caused by temperature variations.

• Convection
• transform
• hot spot

​ (a)   : the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other

• transform boundary
• convection
• mid-ocean ridge

​ ​ (a)   ​: the boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding

• convergent boundary
• lithosphere
• seafloor spreading

​ (a)   : the name of the supercontient that formed 300 million years ago and that began to break up beginning 250 million years ago

• Pangea
• anticline
• convection

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

​ (a)   : the hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations.

• continental drift
• convection
• transform boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Label the types of plate boundaries indicated on the map.

a

b

c

Divergent plate boundary

Convergent plate boundary

Transform plate boundary

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Match the following pictures with the type of plate boundary.

• Transform Boundary

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• Convergent Boundary

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• Divergent Boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Where should we expect to find the oldest crustal rock in this image?

• Closer to the continent

• Closer to the Mid-Ocean Ridge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3