Plate Tectonics Pre

Name the boundary

• Convergent

• Transform

• Divergent

• Subduction Zone

The San Andreas Fault formed at this type of boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Hot Spot

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-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

You were provided with data showing the arrival time of P and S waves recorded from three seismic stations. Which of this can you possibly determine?

• the damage at the focus

• the distance to the earthquake

• the intensity of the earthquake

• the location of the epicenter

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

From the seismogram, the distance to the epicenter can be determined by measuring

• the speed of the surface waves

• the arrival time of the surface waves

• the ratio of the amplitude of the largest P and S waves

• The difference in the arrival time of the P and S waves

When two tectonic plates collide the oceanic crust usually subducts beneath the continental crust because it is

• denser than continental crust

• less dense than continental crust

• thicker than continental crust

• thinner than continental crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

You are an oceanographer and want to map the ocean floor on the east coast of the Philippines. As you do your study, you notice that there is a portion in the ocean floor which is relatively much deeper than the rest. What most likely is the deeper part?

• linear sea

• oceanic ridge

• rift valley

• trench

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

What do you expect to find at a mid-ocean ridge?

• reverse fault

• very ancient rock

• relatively young rocks

• thick accumulation of sediments

Crustal Plate A is moving away from Crustal Plate B. What is the expected average rate of change in position between A and B?

• a few meters per month

• a few millimeters per day

• a few centimeters per year

• a few millimeters per century

What are the two types of crust?

• Continental and Oceanic

• Convergence and Divergence

• Transform and Reverse

• Volcanic arc and Lithosphere