Chapter 8 Lesson 2

Compression stress is the force of

• squeezing together

• pulling apart

• horizontal sliding of parallel plates

Compression stress on earth's plates create a _________ boundary.

• divergent

• transform

• convergent

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Tall mountain ranges are a result of

• plates colliding

• plates diverging

• plates sliding past each other

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Ocean Trenches form where two oceanic plates OR (one Oceanic plate and one Continental plate) converge and one subducts under the other.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A mid-ocean ridge forms when tension acts on seafloor rocks

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Transform faults form when when compression acts on rocks

• True

• False

High Mountain ranges can form on land where two plates diverge

• True

• False

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A volcanic island arc forms when an oceanic plate is subducted

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

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A continental rift forms when shear stress acts on continental crust

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

A transform fault is an underwater trough that forms where plates meet

• True

• False

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