Earth's Dynamics Exit Ticket/Quiz

A stress that squeezes is called tension.

• True

• False

The opposite of subsidence is uplift.

• True

• False

When elastic stress is removed, a rock returns to its original shape.

• True

• False

Plate motion accounts for the vertical motion of rocks.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Mid-ocean ridges are formed along lines where two plates diverge under the water.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The Great Rift Valley in Africa is a _______.

• mid-ocean ridge

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• transform boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

___________ are formed when two continental plates collide.

• volcanoes

• strike-slip faults

• mountain ranges

• rift valleys

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What does subduction do?

• lifts new rock to the surface

• erodes surface rock making sediment

• takes rock into Earth where it will be melted

• places tension on rocks so they pull apart

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A ___________ is an underwater mountain chain.

• deep-ocean trench

• oceanic crust

• mid-ocean ridge

• ocean floor sediment

There was a clump of snow on the sidewalk. Elana stomped on it and felt it flatten. This type of stress is called _______.

• tension

• shear

• compression

• erosion