Forces Shaping Earth's Surface Review

Which formation is a result of a hot spot?

• The Hawaiian islands

• the San Andreas Fault

• Mount St. Helens

• the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Which formation is a result of a hot spot?

• the Hawaiian islands
• the San Andreas fault
• Mount St. Helens
• the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

What occurs at transform boundaries?

• trenches
• folding
• earthquakes
• eruption of hot spots

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which geologic action may produce a chain of volcanic islands?

• a hot spot
• a diverging plate boundary
• a transform boundary
• converging plates

Where are earthquakes and volcanos most likely to occur?

• continental boundaries
• hot spots
• plate boundaries
• within oceanic plates

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The Andes Mountains are found along the western coast of South America. Which kind of plate boundary is responsible for this mountain range?

• The Nazca plate is converging with the South American plate.
• The North American plate is diverging with the South American plate.
• The North American plate and the South American plate are at a transform boundary.
• The Nazca plate and the North American plate are at a transform boundary.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What formed as a result of plates sliding past one another?

• the Hawaiian islands
• the San Andreas fault
• Mount St. Helens
• the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What was formed when the Pacific and North American plates converged?

• the Hawaiian islands
• the San Andreas fault
• Mount St. Helens
• the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What has formed as a result of diverging plates?

• the Hawaiian islands
• the San Andreas fault
• Mount St. Helens
• the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

What caused Hawaii to form?

• a hot spot
• the San Andreas fault
• an earthquake
• a tsunami