
Unit 3- Lessons 3 and 4
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7th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
On which type of plate would you find thinner, DENSER rock?
Oceanic plate
Lithosphere plate
Continental plate
Rocks on all plates have the same thickness and density
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What type of stress causes rock to separate and eventually break?
Compression
Tension
Shear
None
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What causes an earthquake to happen?
Energy is transferred to rock layers from convection currents in the oceans and the atmosphere.
Rocks deform slowly as a result of physical stress.
Large amounts of rock suddenly shift downward when large holes form underground.
Rocks along a fault move suddenly and release energy.
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another called?
fault
earthquake
epicenter
focus
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Why do most earthquakes take place at tectonic plate boundaries?
The rock in the interior of a tectonic plate is stronger, so it does not deform.
Earthquakes take place where the motion of tectonic plates transfers energy to rock
Earthquakes take place when one plate moves over another plate, which happens only at plate boundaries.
Earthquakes can only occur at places where magma can reach the surface and transfer energy to rocks.
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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What can cause a chain of volcanic islands to form far from plate boundaries?
subduction
folding
rifting
hot spots
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How does distance from the epicenter of an earthquake change the earthquake’s effects?
The strongest effects are usually felt in a line extending north and south from the epicenter.
The strongest effects are usually felt in a ring surrounding the epicenter with a radius of several miles.
The strongest effects are usually felt near the epicenter
The strongest effects are usually felt farthest from the epicenter.
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