Earth's Changing Surface Review

The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

• Convergent Boundary
• Divergent Boundary
• Transform Boundary
• Plate Boundary

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Energy from the Sun
• Magnetic Pole Reversal
• Convection currents in the mantle
• Faults in Mountain Ranges

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Plate
• Divergent
• Convergent
• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of event will most likely occur at this boundary?

• Earthquake

• Volcano Eruption

• Tornado

• Mountain Building

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

• Pull apart
• Come together
• Slide past each other
• subducting

Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 28 Million Years ago.

• Pangea
• Gondwanda
• Laurasia
• Neverland

Which of the following is NOT evidence to support the theory of Continental Drift?

• matching fossils on different continents

• matching mountain ranges on different continents

• age of rock samples increasing farther from mid-ocean ridges

• continents fitting together like puzzle pieces

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Transform
• Convergent
• Divergent
• Plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The theory that says Earth's continents once made up an ancient supercontinent, and have been drifting apart ever since, is called the theory of...

• Pangea

• Continental Drift

• Sea-Floor Spreading

• Convection Drift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Deep ocean trenches are formed by _______ plate boundaries

• Convergent

• Transform

• Plate

• Divergent

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1