Earth Science Test Review

Mid-ocean ridges form at which boundary?

• Convergent boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Subduction zone

At which boundary do trenches form?

• Convergent boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Plateau boundary

Seafloor spreading occurs at which boundary?

• Convergent boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Subduction zone

Volcanoes form at which two boundaries?

• Convergent and divergent boundaries

• Transform and convergent boundaries

• Divergent and transform boundaries

• All boundaries form volcanoes

Convection cycles occur because hot materials _______ and cool materials ________.

• rise and sink

• sink and rise

• expand and contract

• contract and expand

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Which arrows represent a convergent boundary?

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Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Explain how a hotspot forms a volcanic island chain.

• A hotspot forms a volcanic island chain by creating a series of volcanoes as a tectonic plate moves over it.

• A hotspot forms a volcanic island chain by causing earthquakes that lead to volcanic eruptions.

• A hotspot forms a volcanic island chain by cooling and solidifying magma beneath the ocean floor.

• A hotspot forms a volcanic island chain by eroding existing landmasses into islands.

Fossil fuels are formed when fossils m_______________ into a fuel source. To do this, they need to be buried _______ within the Earth and be exposed to _______ and _______________

• melt, deep, heat and stress

• melt, shallow, cold and pressure

• metamorphose, deep, heat and pressure

• metamorphose, shallow, heat and friction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

How do we know the earth has 4 layers?

• 3 velocity changes

• absence of s-waves

• size of the s-wave shadow

• we have drilled through all 4 layers

If the igneous rock has large crystals, then it cooled ______ and formed ______ ground.

• quickly, above

• quickly, under

• slowly, above

• slowly, under