Unit 5

What type of clouds are these?

• cirrus clouds

• cumulus clouds

• stratus clouds

The diagram below shows a model of the movement of two tectonic plates.  When the plates collide, one plate often moves below the other plate.  The rising magma that can result from this type of plate movement may produce – 

• Seafloor spreading

• Deep-sea sediment

• Volcanic islands

• Fossil layers

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Alfred Wegener’s theory of continental drift was crucial to the development of plate tectonic theory today. Which of the following data was used by Wegener to support his hypothesis?  
I.  Identical fossils of plants and animals on continents separated by ocean.
II.  Fossils of plants and animals that lived in climates that did not match the modern environment.
III. Similar mineral formations and crustal features on continents separated by ocean.
IV. Land formations that had undergone similar patterns of weathering.

• Only I

• III and IV

• I, II, and III

• I, II, III, and IV

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The model below shows two continental   plates.  The folded mountains in this   model form at which type of plate   boundary?

• Divergent boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Subduction boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The satellite image below shows a ship channel between South Padre Island and Boca Chica beach in South Texas.  Sand is sometimes removed from the ship channel through a process called dredging to make it easier for ships to travel through.  Recently sand from the bottom of the channel was moved to area beaches.  Without this transfer of sand, what would most likely occur in this area in the future?

• The ship channel would become wider, and the island would sink into the Gulf of Mexico.

• The ship channel would become narrower, and the island would become completely covered with water.

• The ship channel would become shallower, and the beach would become narrower.

•  The ship channel would become deeper, and the island would move west toward the mainland.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

• Volcano

• Mountain

• Rift

• Island Arc

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Determine the contour interval:

• 5 m

• 10 m

• 15 m

• 20 m

The map above shows the location of the Andes Mountains on the western coast of South America. Which of the following best describes the geologic processes responsible for the formation of the Andes Mountains?

• The Nazca and South American plates have spaces where magma is erupting from the sea floor.

• The Nazca and South American plates are diverging.

• The Nazca and South American plates are transforming.

• The Nazca and South American plates are converging.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A subduction zone is formed...

• when one tectonic plate sinks below another

• at every type of convergent plate boundary

• at every type of divergent plate boundary

• at transform boundaries

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

What is the difference in elevation between Point X and Point Y?

• 120 m

• 240 m

• 360 m

• 340 m