Plate Boundaries and Global Winds

What kind of boundary/margin is found at midocean ridges or the African Rift Valley?

• convergent boundary/margin

• dip slip boundary/margin

• divergent boundary/margin

• transform boundary/margin

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Where is the Ring of Fire located?

• Atlantic Plate

• Pacific Plate

• Japanese Plate

• North American Plate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The Himalayan mountains (The World's Tallest Mountains, including Mt. Everest) resulted from ____________

• 2 continental plates converging

• an earthquake under a plate

• at a transform fault boundary

• An ocean continental convergent subduction zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A volcanic island arc like the Aleutian Islands is formed by

• 2 ocean plates converging

• 2 ocean plates diverging

• a transform plate boundary

• 2 continental plates converge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Warm rising air causes___________ pressure, resulting in ___________.

• high, rain

• high, clear skies

• low, rain

• low, clear skies

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Steady winds that flow from east to west between 30°N latitude and the equator and 30°S latitude and the equator.

• Prevailing westerlies
• Horse latitudes
• Trade winds
• Polar easterlies

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Cold winds that blow from east to west between latitude lines 60°N and the North Pole and 60°S and the South Pole.

• Prevailing westerlies
• Trade winds
• Horse latitudes
• Polar easterlies

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is a fast-moving ribbon of wind that moves from the west to the east in the and shifts up (carrying warm fronts up from the equator) and shifts down (carrying cold fronts down from the poles)?

• California Current

• Gulf Stream

• Jet Stream

• Atlantic Ocean

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the initial source for global winds and convection in the atmosphere?

• heat from the Earth's core

• the rotation of the Earth

• Moon's gravity

• unequal heating of the Earth by the sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Match letters A, B, and C to the correct global circulation cell:

• Polar Cell

• A

• Hadley Cell

• B

• Ferrel Cell

• C

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5