Plate Tectonics, Volcanoes, and Earthquakes

When magma reaches the surface, what is it called?

• lava
• explosive
• rocks

What is the shaking and trembling that results from movement of rock beneath Earth's surface?

• Volcanoes
• Earthquakes
• Plate tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is an area where material from deep within the mantle rises and then melts, forming magma?

• hot spot
• lithosphere
• transform boundary

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

What is a weak spot in the crust where molten material, or magma, comes to the surface?

• volcano
• lava
• earthquakes

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Two plates move toward each other at what?

• convergent boundary
• transform boundary
• divergent boundary

The idea that Earth's crust is made up of separate plates that float on the upper mantle is the theory of what?

• plate tectonics
• continental drift
• Pangea

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is represented by the picture? 

• Sea-floor spreading
• Pangea
• How the continents are arranged today
• Volcanoes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Look at the image. The South American and Nasca plate are moving together. Which type of boundary is this? 

• divergent
• convergent
• transform fault

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

In the image, which type of boundary is shown? Hint: its located in the state of California. 

• divergent
• convergent
• transform fault

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which type of event often occurs along transform fault boundaries? 

• volcanoes
• earthquakes
• sea-floor spreading
• mountain building

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2