Amplify Science Changing Landforms

A mid-ocean ridge forms from which type of plate movement?

• Convergent

• Transform

• Divergent

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following best reflects how fast tectonic plates move?

• 100 miles per year

• 1 mile/day

• 4 cm/year

• 1 cm/day

Patterns on this map tell us that...

• Volcanic activity and earthquakes can cause damage to buildings and hurt people.

• Volcanic activity and earthquakes happened in similar areas.

• Volcanic activity and earthquakes happened in random locations all over the map.

• Volcanic activity and earthquakes happened in the following order: volcanic activity, earthquake, volcanic activity, earthquake, and so on.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which best explains the formation of the Hawaiian Island Volcanic chain?

• The Hawaiian Islands sit on top of a "Hot Spot", area where mantle seeps up to the crust and pushes through

• The Hawaiian Islands sit on top of a convergent plate boundary.

• The Hawaiian Islands sit on top of a divergent plate boundary.

• The Hawaiian Islands sit on top of a transform plate boundary.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Which of these explains that Earth's outer layer is broken into large slowly moving pieces? 

• Plate Tectonic Theory

• Continental Drift 

New crust is created at this type of  boundary.

• Divergent

• Convergent, Subduction Zone

• Transform 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The geological theory of _______ states that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in constant, slow motion.

• subduction

• plate tectonics

• deep-ocean trenches

• sea-floor spreading

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?

• Old crust is destroyed at some boundaries while at the same time it is created at other types of boundaries

• New crust is underwater where it sinks

• New crust breaks more easily than old crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The Himalayas in Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?

• divergent

• continent-to-continent convergent

• ocean-to-continent convergent

• transform

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1