Lithospheric Plates and Faults

Which of the following refers to a region where plates meet?

• plate

• plate boundary

• mountain

• volcanic arc

There are three distinct types of plate boundaries. Which of those types

creates a zone of tension by moving the plates apart?

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform fault

• none of these

When two tectonic plates collide, the continental crust usually rises over the

oceanic crust. What is the reason behind this?

• Denser than continental crust

• Thicker than continental crust

• Thinner than continental crust

• Less dense than oceanic crust

What geologic feature could result out of the direction of movement indicated

in the arrows below?

• mild-oceanic ridge

• mountain

• mountain ranges

• volcanic arc

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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Which of the following diagrams shows a strike slip fault?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which of the following resulted to the formation of new crust from magma

that rises to the earth’s surface between two plate boundaries?

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• strike fault

• transform boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which of the following results to the formation of a new oceanic lithosphere?

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

• none of these

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Which type of plate boundary does the shallow focus earthquake occur

wherein it appears to be associated with mid-ocean ridges and mountain

ranges?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• all of these

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following land formation or events is not connected to

convergent plate movement/margin?

• deep-focus earthquake

• trench

• valleys

• volcanic arc

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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Which of the following is associated with the discovery of seafloor

spreading?

• Mountains and Volcanoes are denser than mantle

• Rotational pole of the earth has migrated or moved.

• The crust of the continents is denser than the crust of the ocean

• The crust of the oceans is very young relative to the age of the crust of

  the continents

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