Geology Review

 In a transform-fault boundary, plates..

• Crash into each other

• Slide past each other

• They move away from each other

• None of the above

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

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What type of plate boundary would you expect to see: Mid-ocean ridge (mountain range), smaller earthquakes, creation of sea-floor and widening of the ocean basin.

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is one geological activity that happens at transform-fault boundary?

• Major earthquakes

• Folded mountains

• Trenches

• Hurricanes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which boundary produces new land and ocean floor?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• All of the above

What does the theory of continental drift state?

• The Earth is broken up into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents

• Continents are stationary and do not move

• The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time

• None of the above

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

One piece of evidence that Wegener used to support his theory of continental drift was

• There are similar fossils on continents that are separated by oceans

• Tectonic plates are moving apart

• Animals and plants have evolved or changed over time to survive

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following statements is not correct about convection currents?

• Convection currents occur due to uneven heating of the mantle

• Erosion, heat and pressure, and sedimentation are all ways that convection currents can help form new rocks

• Convection currents are responsible for recycling rocks

• Convection currents help plate tectonic movement

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is oceanic crust?

• Plates below the ocean

• Plates below the crust

• Plates below the continents

• Plates below the mantle

What are divergent boundaries

• Plates that collide together forming mountains

• Plates that pull away from each other creating new crust

• Plates sliding past each other causing earthquakes

• None of the above

(a)   forms at convergent boundaries