Ring of Fire

What is true of tectonic plates?

• They are constantly moving

• Earthquakes cause them to move

• They don't move for hundreds and hundreds of years

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What kinds of boundaries can cause volcanoes (either mountains or islands)?

• Divergent Boundaries

• Ocean vs Ocean Convergent Boundaries

• Ocean vs Continent Convergent Boundaries

• Continent vs Continent Convergent Boundaries

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What kind of plate boundary is this?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform-Fault

• Subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What kinds of plate boundaries can cause earthquakes?

• Transform-Fault Boundaries

• Divergent Boundaries

• Convergent Boundaries

• None of these answers is correct.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What type of convergent boundary is this?

• Ocean vs Ocean

• Ocean vs Continent

• Continent vs Continent

• Transformative

This diagram is an example of what type of convergent boundary?

• Ocean vs Ocean

• Ocean vs Continent

• Continent vs Continent

• Divergent Boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What kinds of plate boundaries could cause a tsunami?

• Ocean vs Ocean Convergent Boundary

• Ocean vs Continent Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Continent vs Continent Convergent Boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

About how many of the world's dormant volcanoes and active volcanoes are located in the Pacific Ring of Fire?

• 50%

• ALL OF THEM

• 75%

• 20%

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

True or False: The Ring of Fire is a direct result of plate tectonics and the movement and collisions of crustal plates.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This is the "actual" shape of the Ring of Fire

• Horseshoe

• Circle

• Square

• Triangle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3