Natural Hazards

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
• earthquakes
• folding
• eruption of hot spots

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which geologic action may produce a chain of volcanic islands?

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

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

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What caused Hawaii to form?

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

Which type of stress results when two tectonic plates diverge?

• tension
• compression
• shear
• force

What is a downfold of rock caused by compression called?

• a syncline
• a fault
• a joint
• an anticline

Where are earthquakes and volcanos most likely to occur?

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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

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

How do scientists determine where an earthquake starts?

• by studying a seismogram
• by studying the S and P waves on a seismogram
• by studying the strength of the S and P waves on a seismograph
• by studying seismographs taken from different locations