Earth's Patterns

Muddy water being carried away by a fast-moving river is an example of

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition 

• A nice place to swim

How do plants weather rocks?

• During photosynthesis

• When roots grow into cracks of rocks and expand the rock breaks.

• When the plant moves water from the roots to the leaves, the rock breaks.

• Plants don't weather rocks.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

At divergent boundaries, tectonic plates...

• slide horizontally past each other in opposite directions

• move away from each other

• move toward each other

• None of the above.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Tectonic plates are constantly moving at different rates and in different directions.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

At transform boundaries, tectonic plates....

• move toward each other

• slide horizontally past each other in opposite directions

• slide horizontally past each other in the same direction

• move away from each other

When plates of continental crust come together, they can push up the land over time.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Under sea mountain ranges are called:

• deep sea trench

• aquatic ranges

• mid-ocean ridges

• salty hills

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This type of boundary occurs when tectonic plate move together.

• covergent

• divergent

• transform

• none of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This type of boundary occurs when tectonic plates slide past one another.

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• none of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following is found mainly around transform boundaries?

• mountains

• earthquakes

• volcanoes

• rift valley

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2