Unit 1 Post Test

Which of the following features are found at divergent plate boundaries? (1 point, DOK 1)

• Ocean trenches and abyssal plains

• Mid-ocean ridges and rift valleys

• Impact crates and alluvial valleys

• Continental shelves and submarine canyons

At convergent boundaries, the tectonic plates… (1point, DOK 1)

• move apart.

• slide past each other.

• collide.

• do not move.

Which geologic feature forms when tectonic plates collide? (1 point, DOK 1)

• Sinkholes

• Mountains

• Valleys

• Buttes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Sammy finds the map above in her textbook and observes that fossils of the same species were found on continents which are now separated by vast oceans. What information does NOT support plate tectonics. (1 point, DOK 2)

• All five continents were separated by water.

• The fossils represented terrestrial species.

• The coastlines of the continents seem to “fit” like puzzle pieces in areas where matching fossils were found.

• Only the fern could survive in the southernmost locations.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Three different types of tectonic plate boundaries are shown below. Which diagram would show magma rising in between two plates and reaching the surface where it eventually cools to form new rock? (1 point, DOK 2)

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This type of mountain is created where two or more of Earth's tectonic plates are pushed together. (1 point, DOK 1)

• Dome

• Volcanic

• Fold

• Metamorphic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

These mountains are formed from magma rising and pushes overlying sedimentary rock upward to form a “dome” shape. (1 point, DOK1)

• Dome

• Volcanic

• Fold

• Metamorphic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

These mountains are formed by magma rising up from the mantle to the crust of the Earth. (1 point, DOK 1)

• Volcanic

• Dome

• Fold

• Block

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which type of volcano is steep and cone-shaped with a bowl-shaped crater?

• Shield

• Composite

• Cinder cone

• Block

Which type of volcano forms due to alternating quiet and explosive eruptions which form layers? (1 point, DOK 1)

• Shield

• Composite

• Cinder cone

• Block