Chapter 8 Review | 5th - 6th

Select which of the following forms between the North America and Eurasian Plates

• divergent

• convergent

• reverse

• transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The hanging wall moves up at a ______ fault.

• transvergent

• normal

• reverse

• transform

Which of the following does NOT provide evidence of plate tectonics? Select ALL that apply.

• Fossils in Africa are similar to fossils in South America

• The climates in all of the continents are the same

• Rock beds found in South America and Africa are very different

• The coastline shapes of the continents do not fit together

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

New ocean crust forms in the ...

• transform boundary

• subduction zone

• convergent boundaries

• rift zone

A trench will most likely form at which type of plate border?

• divergence between two continental plates

• convergence between two continental plates

• divergence between two oceanic plates

• convergence between a continental plate and an oceanic plate

The crust is the outer layer of the planet because... Select ALL that apply.

• it is the thickest layer

• it is the least dense layer

• it is the thinnest layer

• it is the densest layer

Carbon is the element that dominates Earth's core.

• True, carbon is the element that dominates Earth's core

• False, it is aluminum

• False, it is iron

• False, it is silicon

Oceanic crust is composed of aluminm-rich minerals.

• False, it is thicker than continental crust

• True

• False, it is less dense than continental crust

• False, it is denser than continental crust.

The ___ - wave can only travel through solids.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

______ is a mixture of deadly gases and ash that race down the flanks of a volcano.

• volcanic bombs

• pyroclastic flow

• lahar

• ash