Plate Tectonics and Earth's Interior
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which best describes a major characteristic of both volcanoes and earthquakes?
They are centered at the poles.
They are located in the same geographic areas.
They are related to the formation of glaciers.
They are restricted to the Southern Hemisphere
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Contact zones between tectonic plates may produce trenches. One of these trenches is located at the boundary between which plates?
Indian-Australian and Pacific
South American and African
Indian-Australian and Antarctic
North American and Eurasian
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The diagram above shows the collision of an oceanic plate and a continental plate. Collisions between oceanic plates and continental plates are thought to result primarily from
hot liquid magma in the inner core
convection currents in the mantle
volcanic eruptions along coastlines
meteor impacts in the ocean basins
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
At the Aleutian Trench and the PeruChile Trench, tectonic plates are generally
moving along a transform boundary
moving over a mantle hot spot
diverging
converging
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5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Locations A, B, C, and D are shown on the map below.
A
B
C
D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The cross section above shows the location of earthquakes near a plate boundary. This distribution of earthquakes near the plate boundary is most likely caused by
a transform fault
a mantle hot spot
subduction of a crustal plate
divergence of crustal plates
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which diagram best shows the type of plate boundary found between the Pacific Plate and the Philippine Plate?
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
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