Plate Tectonics Review

Mountains can get taller.

• True

• False

Every location with earthquakes appears “bumpy” on the __________, which indicates higher elevations (i.e. hills and mountains),including underwater

• topical map

• google map

• school map

• relief map,

Earthquakes look like they mostly happen along ________ (i.e., continent edges, the middle of the ocean, around the ocean) or in large clusters.

• circles

• lines

• forests

• inland

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

In some locations, earthquakes get deeper as you move inland, but in other locations earthquakes are mostly _____________.

• shallow

• deep

• big

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

When you only look at a __________ __________ period, a pattern is not clear.

• short time

• long time

• no time

A __________ is clear as when you look at earthquake data across a longer time period.

• time period

• earthquake

• pattern

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Mountains can move in one direction normally, but can reverse direction during an _________________.

• Hurricane

• Wind Storm

• Tornado

• Earthquake

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Earth’s surface is not a solid continuous piece of crust;

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

There are at least _____ large pieces of Earth called plates

• 1

• 2

• 9

• 90

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The plate and edges can be observed using earthquake data.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3