Earth History and Plate Tectonics

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• submergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?

• Earthquakes
• Volcanoes
• Mountains
• Rift Valleys

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Use the diagram to answer the question. Identify the geological land features that results as two oceanic plates converge.

• formation of a deep sea trench and island volcanoes (island arc)

• earthquake activity and appearance of a transform fault

• volcanic eruption along both oceanic plate edges

• formation of a continental mountain range

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

In the Atlantic ocean, where is the youngest seafloor located?

• Towards the edges

• Youngest seafloor is in the middle of the ocean

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What two crustal features occur near every subduction zone?

• Volcanoes and Trenches

• Rift Valleys and Mid Ocean Ridges

• Volcanoes and Rift Valleys

• Mid Ocean Ridges and Trenches

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• subducting

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

the thickest layer with a depth between 45-2,900 km

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

Reorder the following from oldest to most recent

• Earth formed

• oxygen in atmosphere

• prokaryote life

• oceans formed

• multicellular life

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Scientist think the Earth is ___ years old.

• 150 million

• 15 billion

• 4.6 million

• 4.6 billion

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

• Rift Valley

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Island Arc

• Flat land