Plates, Quakes, Volcanoes oh my!

What hypothesis states that the continents were once joined but have moved apart and continue to move to this day?

• plate tectonics

• continental drift

• seafloor spreading

• paleomagnetism

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following best describes the layer directly beneath Earth's plates?

• It moves very rapidly and it moves in different directions in different places.

• It moves very slowly and it moves in one directions around the Earth.

• It moves very slowly and it moves in different directions in different places.

Which of the following was NOT used in support of the continental drift hypothesis?

• fossil evidence on different continents

• composition of meteorites

• evidence of tropical plants in Antarctica millions of years ago

• fit of South America and Africa

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following is a geographic example of a transform fault boundary?

• the East African Rift valley

• the San Andreas Fault

• the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• Himalyans

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

name a hot spot on the planet.

• Yellowstone

• Maine

• Sydney

• Fairbanks

New ocean crust is formed at

• divergent boundaries.

• convergent boundaries.

• continental volcanic arcs.

• transform fault boundaries.

Earthquakes are caused by

• Shifting of plates releasing energy

• Sudden wash of water filling a trench

• Change in density of rock causing a plate to collapse

Earthquakes originate from the

• Focus
• Epicenter
• faultline

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What forms when one oceanic plate is forced beneath another plate?

• an ocean ridge

• a subduction zone with deep ocean trench

• a rift valley

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following does NOT occur at a subduction zone?

• The leading edges of both plates are bent upward.

• Oceanic crust is pushed down into the mantle.

• A continental plate moves over an oceanic plate.

• One oceanic plate moves beneath another oceanic plate.