Regents Plate Tectonics

The block diagram below represents the formation of an island arc near a plate boundary.

An island arc is located near the boundary between which two tectonic plates?

• Antarctic Plate and Indian–Australian Plate

• Philippine Plate and Eurasian Plate

• African Plate and North American Plate

• Scotia Plate and South American Plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The cross section below represents a lithospheric plate boundary.

In which diagram do the arrows show the relative directions of plate movement at this type of plate boundary?

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Compared to the oceanic crust, the continental crust is

• more dense and more mafic

• more dense and more felsic

• less dense and more mafic

• less dense and more felsic

Which tectonic plate boundary is best represented by this diagram?

• Nazca Plate and Pacific Plate boundary

• Scotia Plate and South American Plate boundary

• Juan de Fuca Plate and North American Plate boundary

• Antarctic Plate and Indian-Australian Plate boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The block diagram below shows the boundary between two tectonic plates.

• divergent

• convergent

• complex

• transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

According to the plate tectonics theory, the Peru-Chile Trench and the Andes Mountains formed along the west coast of South America because the South American Plate...

• collided with the Nazca Plate

• collided with the North American Plate

• slid away from the Nazca Plate

• slid away from the North American Plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The movement of tectonic plates is inferred by many scientists to be driven by...

• tidal motions in the hydrosphere

• density differences in the troposphere

• convection currents in the asthenosphere

• solidification in the lithosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which cross section best represents the convection currents in the mantle beneath the Peru-Chile Trench?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

At which plate boundary is one lithospheric plate sliding under another?

• Nazca Plate and Antarctic Plate

• Pacific Plate and Indian-Australian Plate

• Indian-Australian Plate and Antarctic Plate

• Nazca Plate and Pacific Plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

According to the plate tectonics theory, the Peru-Chile Trench and the Andes Mountains formed along the west coast of South American because the South American Plate

• collided with the Nazca Plate

• collided with the North American Plate

• slid away from the Nazca Plate

• slid away from the North American Plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3