"Listening to Earth" Quiz

What is the main method used by Bob Dziak and his team to study plate boundaries?

• Sending people to the bottom of the ocean

• Using hydrophones

• Recording earthquakes on land

• Observing volcanic eruptions

Where did Bob Dziak and his team send hydrophones to study plate boundaries?

• Challenger Deep

• Mariana Trench

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Convergent boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What did Bob Dziak and his team find surprising about their recordings from Challenger Deep?

• They heard no sounds at all

• They heard sounds from only one source

• They heard sounds from many different sources

• They heard sounds from only plate motion

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What causes earthquakes at plate boundaries?

• The motion of plates

• The sinking of hydrophones

• The formation of mid-ocean ridges

• The bending and folding of plates

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What type of boundary is the Mariana Trench?

• Convergent boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Subduction boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What happens at convergent boundaries?

• Two plates move away from each other

• Two plates move towards each other

• Two plates slide past each other

• Two plates collide and bounce back

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What landform is formed by the process at divergent boundaries?

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Mariana Trench

• Convergent boundary

• Transform boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What do Bob Dziak and his team study at divergent boundaries?

• Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions

• Plate motion and bending

• Foreshocks and major earthquakes

• Plate destruction and mantle sinking

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the motion of Earth's plates compared to?

• A conveyor belt

• A roller coaster

• A pendulum

• A spinning top

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the rate of plate motion at convergent and divergent boundaries?

• Centimeters per year

• Meters per day

• Kilometers per hour

• Miles per second