Earth's Plates

Which type of stress occurs at a convergent boundary?

• Tension

• Compression

• Shearing

• None

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Which seismic waves are the most destructive to cities, roads, and people?

• Surface

• P waves

• S waves

• All are equally destructive

This type of volcano is tall and narrow, and it often has highly explosive eruptions

• Composite

• Shield

• Cinder cone

Which is not evidence for continental drift?

• Similar fossils on different continents

• Climate data

• Mountain ranges

• Volcanic data

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Earth's plates are large pieces of the _____________________

• Asthenosphere

• Crust

• Mantle

• Lithosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

New ocean floor is made when magma comes up at this location and spreads in both directions.

• Seafloor spreading

• Mid ocean ridges

• Subduction zones

• Convergent boundaries

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Volcanoes that are unlikely to ever erupt again are described as

• Sleeping

• Dormant

• Extinct

• Active

Volcanoes can occur at several locations, normally at plate boundaries. When they occur NOT at a plate boundary, it is called a

• Mistake

• Hot spot

• Vent

• Magma chamber

Plates move apart at which fault type?

• Reverse

• Strike slip

• Normal

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The location on Earth directly above where plates move to cause an earthquake is called the

• Focus

• Strike slip fault

• Epicenter

• Center

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2