Plate Tectonics Test

Tectonic plates:

• move slowly

• sometimes press against or pull away from each other

• sometimes scrape against each other

• all of the choices above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Earth is composed of layers of material with different properties. Which of the following is most likely to contain material that is in constant motion?

• inner core

• mantle

• outer core

The first person to introduce the idea of the continents moving around the surface of Earth was

• Neils Bohr

• Albert Einstein

• Charles Darwin

• Alfred Wegener

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Earthquakes are vibrations of Earth’s crust. What device is used to measure the size of an earthquake?

• barometer

• Doppler radar

• depth scale

• seismograph

This type of plate boundary is when two plates slide past each other.

• Convergent

• Transform

• Divergent

• Subductive

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This type of plate boundary is when two plates crash into each other.

• Convergent

• Transform

• Divergent

• Subductive

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This type of plate boundary is when two plates move apart.

• Convergent

• Transform

• Divergent

• Subductive

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This is when two plates converge but one slides under the other due to density.

• Uplift

• Subduction

• Trench

• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which way do plates in a divergent boundary move?

• toward each other

• parallel to each other

• away from each other

• perpendicular to each other

Which way do plates in a transform boundary move?

• toward each other

• slide past each other

• away from each other

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