Earth Science Quiz 2 Review

How were landforms, like canyons, most likely formed?

• earthquake

• ice erosion

• water erosion

• wind erosion

Which of the following causes both earthquakes and volcanic eruptions?

• erosion

• gravity

• Earth’s inner core

• plate movement

When a river slows down as it reaches the ocean, sediments carried by the river are deposited. What kind of landform is created from the sediments?

• sand dune

• delta

• flood plain

• barrier island

Deposition is a process that

• moves rock particle to new places

• breaks down rock

• builds mountains

• drops rock particles in new places

What is sediment?

• material deposited by wind, water, or glaciers

• a break in Earth’s crust

• melted rock underground

• melted rock that flows out of a volcano

Different types of plate motion produce boundaries that shape different landforms and cause different natural events. Which event will most likely occur where two plates move in different directions and slide against each other?

• an earthquake

• a fault

• a flood

• a volcano

The supercontinent in the continental drift theory was called ____.

• Panthalassa

• Pangaea

• Mesosaurus

• Africa

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The mid-ocean ridge occurs along a

• convergent boundary where new crust is formed

• transform boundary where crust is subducted

• divergent boundary where sea floor spreading takes place

• divergent boundary where subduction takes place

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A divergent boundary at two continental plates can result in a ____.

• rift valley

• volcanic island arc

• continental volcanic arc

• subduction zone

Which of the following refers to the theory that says that the continents have not always been in their present locations but have moved there over millions of years?

• Plate Tectonics Theory

• Continental Drift Theory

• Sea-floor spreading

• Contiguity Theory