Boundaries/Natural Disasters Quiz Review

What is the only choice below that has nothing to do with transform boundaries?

• Earthquakes

• San Andreas Fault

• Tsunamis

• Mountains

What is the only choice below that has nothing to do with divergent boundaries?

• Seafloor Spreading

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• Volcanoes

• Subduction

What is the only choice below that has nothing to do with convergent boundaries?

• Seafloor Spreading

• Subduction

• Mountains

• Indian and Eurasian Plate

Which plate boundary do earthquakes mainly occur at?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What best describes what happens when two continental plates collide?

• the crusts fold up and buckle, forming a mountain

• one plate gets completely absorbed by the other

• one plate disappears completely

• they are pulled under the entire surface of the earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which boundary causes underwater rifts, ridges, and volcanoes?

• convergent

• transform

• divergent

• all are possible

True or False: Earth's surface is divided up into many large plates. The two types of plates are: Continental and Oceanic

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Where specifically are the seismic waves of earthquakes felt to be the strongest?

• in the most populated city

• near coastlines

• at the epicenter

• a few states away

How are earthquakes measured?

• seismometers and Richter Scale

• seismometers and lasers

• Richter Scale and lasers

• it's impossible to both predict and measure

Two earthquakes happen on the same day in different locations. One measures a 6 on the scale. One measures a 2 on the scale. Which one will be more powerful?

• the 6, since the higher it is the more powerful it is

• the 2, since the lower it is the more powerful it is

• the one in the more populated city

• both will do the same, if it shows up on the scale regardless of number, they are equally powerful