AP Environmental science Plate Tectonics and Geology

Early observers thought continents may have been joined based on what observations

• rocks and fossils
• earthquakes.
• magnetism.
• coastline

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A German scientist Alfred Wegener was the first to hypothesize that ...........

• Continents were once joined
• The sea floor is spreading
• Continents are moving
• The Earth's magnetic pole flips

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of features are associated with a divergent boundary?

• Rift valleys
• Volcanic mountains
• Fold mountains
• Fault block mountains

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The San Andréa fault in California is one example of a...  

• Divergent boundary
• Convergent boundary
• Transform boundary
• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which state of matter is the earth's inner core?

• plasma

• liquid

• solid

• gas

This layer of the earth is the thinnest part

• crust

• outer core

• mantle

• inner core

The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Plate Boundary

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

What type of event will occur at this boundary?

• Earthquake

• Volcano Eruption

• Tornado

• Mountain Building

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

• Pull apart

• Come together

• Slide past each other

• subducting

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Mountains are created when....

• Two continental plates collide

• Two oceanic plates pull apart

• An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate

• Two continental plates pull apart

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2