Earth's Interior & Plate Tectonics

Which events are most common along tectonic plate boundaries?

• erosion and earthquakes

• hurricanes and tsunamis

• earthquakes and volcanoes

• tidal waves and volcanoes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which type of boundary is this?

• Convergent Boundary
• Divergent Boundary
• Transform Boundary
• Insurgent Boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is name for the super-continent?

• North America

• Pangaea

• Africa

• The Ring of Fire

What landform forms at convergent ocean plate boundaries?

• ridges

• trenches

• valleys

• mountains

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Mark is graphing data collected from satellite images. He notices that a rift valley in the Red Sea keeps getting larger. What type of plate boundary is he mapping?

• transform boundary

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• collision boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which would provide evidence of seafloor spreading?

• higher levels of salinity in the ocean water

• stronger currents at the surface of the ocean

• cooled magma found on the edge of plates

• greater reproduction levels for organisms at the bottom of the ocean

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following is the best evidence that Earth's continents were once in vastly different positions than they are today?

• Penguins are found only in the Southern hemisphere.

• Fossils of tropical plants are found in Antarctica.

• Volcanoes encircle the Pacific Ocean.

• Major rivers form deltas from continental erosion.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Where are the tectonic plates located?

• outer core

• lithosphere

• mesosphere

• asthenosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

In a convection current, the substances is warmed up by a heat source, and then ___________.

• rises
• falls

• stays the same

• escapes

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What is the white section of Earth's layers?

• inner core

• outer core

• mantle

• crust