Plate Tectonics

Which type of tectonic plate boundary is found between the South American Plate and the Scotia Plate?

• transform

• convergent

• divergent

• complex or uncertain

The world map shows Earth's major tectonic plate boundaries. Letters A through D represent four surface locations. Which location is on a major rift valley?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The aerial photograph shows two streams that have been displaced by tectonic movement along the San Andreas fault. The arrows show the relative direction of movement along the fault. This movement occurred along which type of plate boundary?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• complex

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

In which diagram do the arrows show the relative directions of plate movement at this type of plate boundary?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which mantle hot spot is correctly matched to its overlying tectonic plate?

• Tasman Hot Spot-Pacific Plate

• Canary Island Hot Spot-Eurasian Plate

• St. Helena Hot Spot-South American Plate

• Yellowstone Hot Spot-North American Plate

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Which two mantle hot spots are located at mid-ocean ridges?

• Iceland and Yellowstone

• Galapagos and Tasman

• St. Helena and Hawaii

• Easter Island and Bouvet

Which location is positioned over a mantle hot spot?

• A

• B

• C

• D

The map shows California and a section of the San Andreas Fault. What is the primary geologic process occurring along the San Andreas Fault?

• spreading movement

• transform movement

• subduction

• convergence

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Compared to the oceanic crust, the continental crust is:

*hint: ESRTs pg 10 and pg 6

• more dense and more mafic

• more dense and more felsic

• less dense and more mafic

• less dense and more felsic