Quiz about NGSS 8 Earth Science

Question 1

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

Accepted Answer

divergent

Answer

convergent

Answer

transform

Answer

subducting

Question 2

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

Accepted Answer

transform

Answer

divergent

Answer

convergent

Answer

submergent

Question 3

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

Accepted Answer

convergent

Answer

divergent

Answer

transform

Answer

strike slip

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

Earthquakes

Answer

Volcanoes

Answer

Mountains

Answer

Rift Valleys

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Answer

Rift Valley

Answer

Island Arc

Answer

Flat land

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

Rift Valley

Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Answer

Mountain

Answer

Island Arc

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

Mountain

Answer

Volcano

Answer

Rift

Answer

Island Arc

Question 8

A subduction zone is formed...

Accepted Answer

when one tectonic plate sinks below another

Answer

at every type of convergent plate boundary

Answer

at every type of divergent plate boundary

Answer

at transform boundaries

Question 9

The area where two or more plates meet is called a __________________.

Accepted Answer

plate boundary

Answer

fault

Answer

plate edge

Answer

ring of fire

Question 10

What would you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?

Accepted Answer

Earthquakes

Answer

Volcanoes

Answer

Mountains

Answer

Rift

Question 11

What would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary between a continental and oceanic plate?

Accepted Answer

Volcanoes

Answer

Mountains

Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Answer

Rift

Question 12

What would you be most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

Accepted Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Answer

Rift

Answer

Island Arc

Answer

Flat land

Question 13

What would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

Accepted Answer

Mountain

Answer

Volcano

Answer

Rift

Answer

Island Arc

Question 14

What is happening at 1?

Accepted Answer

Subduction Zone

Answer

Convergent Boundary

Answer

Divergent Boundary

Question 15

What is happening at 2?

Accepted Answer

Divergent Boundary

Answer

Convergent Boundary

Answer

Subduction Zone

Question 16

What is happening at 3?

Accepted Answer

Convergent Boundary

Answer

Subduction Zone

Answer

Divergent Boundary

Question 17

What is the ring of fire?

Accepted Answer

a belt of volcanoes

Answer

a hula hoop on fire

Answer

a red belt with flames on it

Answer

a ring that is in a fire

Question 18

What boundary would cause a mid-ocean ridge?

Accepted Answer

Divergent

Answer

Convergent

Answer

Subduction

Answer

Transform

Question 19

What was Wegener's hypothesis?

Accepted Answer

Super continent, called Pangaea, that drifted apart

Answer

The continents have always been where they are today

Answer

We live on a super continent today

Question 20

Do hot spots form at plate boundaries?

Accepted Answer

no

Answer

yes

Question 21

Where is the newest rock?

Accepted Answer

D

Answer

A

Answer

B

Answer

C

Question 22

Where is the oldest rock?

Accepted Answer

A

Answer

B

Answer

C

Answer

D

Question 23

Chains of volcanoes form above hot spots because of plate tectonics

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 24

Which U.S. state formed over a hot spot in an oceanic plate?

Accepted Answer

Hawaii

Answer

Oregon

Answer

California

Answer

Florida

Question 25

Column of hot rock that lies below a hot spot

Accepted Answer

mantle plume

Answer

plate boundary

Answer

fissure

Answer

volcano

Question 26

Feature that forms when magma flows onto Earth's surface

Accepted Answer

volcano

Answer

hot spot

Answer

mantle plume

Answer

none of these answers are correct

Question 27

made of iron and nickel, solid due to pressure

Accepted Answer

inner core

Answer

outer core

Answer

mantle

Answer

crust

Question 28

This layer is liquid, made of iron and nickel, and is 4700degrees Celcius

Accepted Answer

Outer Core

Answer

Inner Core

Answer

Mantle

Answer

Crust

Question 29

This layer is less than 1% of Earth's mass, made of 2 types: Oceanic and Continental, rocky layer

Accepted Answer

Crust

Answer

Inner Core

Answer

Outer Core

Answer

Mantle

Question 30

This layer of Earth is solid, but can flow like hot fudge. At hot spots and plate boundaries, it melts into magma and rises to the surface as volcanic eruptions.

Accepted Answer

Mantle

Answer

Crust

Answer

Outer Core

Answer

Inner Core

Question 31

The cycle that powers the ocean currents, weather, and tectonic plates it called

Accepted Answer

convection current

Answer

conduction current

Answer

radiation

Answer

condition current

Question 32

What is the rigid layer of the Earth's surface made up of the crust and upper mantle called?

Accepted Answer

lithosphere

Answer

asthenosphere

Answer

mesosphere

Answer

continental crust

Question 33

What are the two types of crust?

Accepted Answer

Oceanic and Continental

Answer

Continental and Landforms

Answer

Oceanic and Mountains

Answer

Mountains and Landforms

Question 34

Particles of hot soup rise slowly in a pot simmering on a stove. As the hot soup nears the surface, it begins to cool. The cooler soup sinks, forming a constant movement of soup that moves energy toward the surface of the pot. This constant movement of the soup in the pot is called a(n)

Accepted Answer

convection current

Answer

conduction loop

Answer

energy field

Answer

magnetic field

Question 35

Geologists learn about the Earth's interior by studying ____________ which travel through the Earth.

Accepted Answer

seismic waves

Answer

radiation

Answer

x-rays

Question 36

Hot matter is _________ dense and ___________

Accepted Answer

less, rises

Answer

less, sinks

Answer

more, sinks

Answer

more, rises

Question 37

Which of the following is used as evidence to support the theory of Pangaea

Accepted Answer

Similar fossils on separated continents

Accepted Answer

Rocks and geological formations that are same time period and composition

Accepted Answer

Continents seem to fit like puzzle pieces

Answer

Cave drawings of fossils and rock types

Answer

The plate movement can be felt

Question 38

Which seismic waves move faster?

Accepted Answer

P-waves

Answer

S-waves

Question 39

Which seismic waves can only travel through solids?

Accepted Answer

S-waves

Answer

P-waves

Question 40

Heat rising in the mantle creates __________ boundaries, while the sinking of cold magma creates ____________ boundaries.

Accepted Answer

divergent, convergent

Answer

convergent, transform

Answer

transform, divergent

NGSS 8 Earth Science

40 questions

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

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

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

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

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

A subduction zone is formed...

The area where two or more plates meet is called a __________________.

What would you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?

Create a free account and access millions of resources

Similar Resources on Wayground

Popular Resources on Wayground

Discover more resources for Science