ES NV Unit 2 Review

According to tectonic plate maps, New York State (NYS) is presently located

• at a convergent plate boundary

• above a mantle hot spot

• above a mid-ocean ridge

• near the center of a large plate

Which landmass is moving northward with Australia as part of the same tectonic plate?

• India

• Antarctica

• North America

• South America

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The large coal fields found in Pennsylvania provide evidence that the climate of the northeastern United States was much warmer during the Carboniferous Period. This change in climate over time is best explained by the

• movements of tectonic plates

• effects of seasons

• changes in the environment caused by humans

• evolution of life

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-2

NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

The Mariana Trench was most likely created by the

• convergence of the Pacific and Philippine Plates

• divergence of the Eurasian and Philippine Plates

• sliding of the Pacific Plate past the North American Plate

• movement of the Pacific Plate over the Hawaii Hot Spot

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which observation about the Mid-Atlantic Ridge region provides the best evidence that the seafloor has been spreading for millions of years?

• the bedrock of the ridge and nearby seafloor is igneous rock

• the ridge is the location of irregular volcanic eruptions

• several faults cut across the ridge and nearby seafloor

• seafloor bedrock is younger near the ridge and older farther away

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which two tectonic plates are separated by a mid-ocean ridge?

• Indian-Australian and Eurasian

• North American and South American

• North American and Eurasian

• Indian-Australian and Pacific

Earth's internal heat is the primary source of energy that

• warms the lower troposphere

• melts glacial ice at lower altitudes

• moves the lithospheric plates

• pollutes deep groundwater with radioactivity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Compared to the oceanic crust, the continental crust is usually

• thicker, with a less dense granitic composition

• thicker, with a more dense basaltic composition

• thinner, with a less dense granitic composition

• thinner, with a more dense basaltic composition

Seafloor spreading is occurring at the boundary between the

• African plate and Antarctic plate

• Nazca plate and South American plate

• China plate and Philippine plate

• Australian plate and Eurasian plate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which two Earth layers are separated by the Moho boundary?

• rigid mantle and plastic mantle

• outer core and stiffer mantle

• stiffer mantle and asthenosphere

• crust and rigid mantle