8.ESS.2 Test Review

The Hawaiian Islands are volcanic islands located near the center of a large tectonic plate called the Pacific plate. Which geologic feature is responsible for forming the Hawaiian Islands?

• a hot spot

• a transform fault

• a mid-ocean ridge

• a subduction zone

The maps show the ancient location and the present-day location of the Farallon Plate, which was located west of the North American Plate. The process of subduction destroyed the Farallon Plate. Select the two locations on the Ancient Farallon Plate map to show where subduction destroyed the Farallon Plate.

• location D

• location C

• location A

• location E

• location B

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

In 1968, the Deep Sea Drilling Project began extracting sediment cores from the ocean floor. Analysis of these cores has since shown that the ocean basins are very young compared to the accepted age of the Earth. No rocks older than 180 million years have been found. The cores further indicated that ocean sediments are absent at the mid-ocean ridge and get thicker moving away from the ridge. The evidence helped to confirm what aspect of the plate tectonic theory?

• A) sea-floor spreading

• B) paleomagnetic reversals

• C) existence of land bridges

• D) location of the lithosphere

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

The map shows four cities and tectonic plate boundaries found in different parts of the world. Click to select the map that shows the city that is most likely to be near a volcano.

• Washington, D.C.

• Quito

• Cape Town

• Moscow

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Location R is on the eastern coast of South America, and four locations on the continent of Africa are identified by number. Which location on the continent of Africa would have once corresponded to Location R on South America before the landmass Pangaea broke apart?

• Location 1

• Location 2

• Location 3

• Location 4

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The map shows the location of some volcanoes on Earth. Which feature on Earth’s crust is in the same location as most of these volcanoes?

• mantle

• hot spots

• ocean currents

• tectonic plate boundaries

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of plate boundary is shown in the diagram?

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Undersea earthquakes have the potential to cause which natural phenomena?

• hurricanes

• monsoons

• tornadoes

• tsunamis

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

How are tsunamis, earthquakes, and tectonic plate movement related?

• Earthquakes cause plate movement, which causes tsunamis.

• Plate movement causes earthquakes, which cause tsunamis.

• Plate movement causes tsunamis, which cause earthquakes.

• Tsunamis cause earthquakes, which cause plate movement.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The diagram shows island formation at a hot spot in Earth’s mantle. Islands W, X, Y, and Z were formed by the hot spot’s volcanic activity. Which island is the oldest?

• Island W

• Island X

• Island Y

• Island Z

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3