Unit 2 Review: Earth's Lithosphere

What is most likely to happen at the following plate boundary:

• Earthquake

• Volcano

• Deep Sea Trench

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What causes tsunamis?

• Underwater volcanoes

• Underwater earthquakes

• Land earthquakes

• Land volcanoes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Magma --> ______________ --> Igneous Rock

• Heat and Pressure

• Weathering and Erosion

• Compaction and Cementation

• Cooling

Sediments --> ____________ --> Sedimentary Rock

• Heat and Pressure

• Weathering and Erosion

• Compaction and Cementation

• Cooling

Sedimentary Rock --> ____________ --> Metamorphic Rock

• Heat and Pressure

• Weathering and Erosion

• Compaction and Cementation

• Cooling

When two continental crusts come together, they form a mountain range. What type of boundary is this?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Strike-Slip

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

What two types of plate are converging to form a trench? Check all that apply.

• Two continental plates

• Two oceanic plates

• An oceanic and continental plate

• Trenches are formed at transform boundaries.

Which of the following types of faults refers to the San Andreas fault where many earthquakes occur?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

Tectonic plates:

• move very slowly

• sometimes press against or pull away from each other

• sometimes scrape against each other

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The solid, outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid, upper layer of the mantle is called the:

• crust.

• troposphere.

• atmosphere.

• lithosphere.