Unit 5 Science Test - Part 1 - Kelly

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?

• Earthquakes

• Trenches

• Folding

• Eruption of hot spots

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which geological action may produce a chain of volcanic islands?

• hot spot

• a diverging plate boundary

• a transformation boundary

• converging plates

Where are earthquakes and volcanos most likely to occur?

• continental boundaries

• hot spots

• plate boundaries

• within oceanic plates

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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 South American plate are at a transform boundary

• The Nazca plate and the North American plate are at a transform boundary

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What has formed as a result of diverging plates?

• the Hawaiian islands

• the San Andreas fault

• Mount St. Helens

• the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What caused Hawaii to form?

• a hot spot

• the San Andreas fault

• an earthquake

• a tsunami

Which plate boundary could form a mountain chain of sedimentary rock?

• divergent boundary of oceanic crust and continental crust

• convergent boundary of two continental crusts

• convergent boundary of oceanic crust and continental crust

• divergent boundary between two oceanic crusts

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3