Physical Science Fall Final Review (2021)

A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a

• divergent boundary

• rift valley

• convergent boundary

• transform boundary

_________ are vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake.

• Seismic Waves
• Rumbles
• Plate Tectonics
• Convection Currents

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the name of the single landmass that began to break apart 200 million years ago?

• Panthalassa
• Laurasia
• Gondwanna
• Pangaea

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

The process by which molten material rises up from the seal floor and creates new oceanic crust is called

• Transformation

• Sea-floor spreading

• Convergent boundary

• Subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary?

• Subduction
• Induction
• Abduction 
• Reduction

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

_____________ is a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.

• Convergent boundary
• Transform boundary
• Divergent boundary
• Insurgent boundary

Tectonic plates move toward each other at this type of plate boundary.

• Convergent boundary

• Allegiant boundary

• Transform boundary

• Sliding boundary

A broad volcano with gently sloping sides is a ________________

• Shield

• Cinder Cone

• Fire Fountain

• Composite

This area surrounding the Pacific Ocean is where the majority of volcanoes on Earth are found.

• Ring of Fire

• Ring of Asia

• Ring o' earthquakes

• Ring a ding ding

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Mountains are created at this type of  boundary.

• Divergent 
• Convergent
• Transform 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2