Earth Science Quiz 5/16

a natural process that slowly breaks apart or changes rock

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

when soil and rock is removed from one area of the Earth through natural causes such as wind, water, and ice and transported elsewhere

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

the laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water, the sea or ice.

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

When two plates slide past each other what kind of boundary do they form?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

The side-by-side dragging force at transform boundaries is called _______.

• tension

• shearing

• compression

What features occur near convergent boundaries?

• Rift Valleys and Mid Ocean Ridges

• Earthquakes and Tsunamis

• Mountains, Volcanoes and Trenches

What kind of plate boundary is this?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What kind of plate boundary is this?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What kind of plate boundary is this?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The squeezing force at a convergent boundary is called _______

• tension

• shearing

• compression