Semester 1 - Unit 5 Study Guide

Which of these was formed by a hot spot?

• the Hawaiian islands

• the San Andreas fault

• Mount St. Helens

• the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Transform boundaries cause _____.

• earthquakes

• trenches

• folding

• eruption of hot spots

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Where are earthquakes and volcanos most likely to occur?

• continental boundaries

• hot spots

• plate boundaries

• within oceanic plates

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which kind of plate boundary is responsible for the Andes Mountains?

• The Nazca plate is converging with the South American plate.

• The North American plate is diverging with the South American plate.

• The North American plate and the South American plate are at a transform boundary.

• The Nazca plate and the North American plate are at a transform boundary.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What formed because of two plates sliding past each other?

• the Hawaiian islands

• the San Andreas fault

• Mount St. Helens

• the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

What was formed when the Pacific and North American plates converged?

• the Hawaiian islands

• the San Andreas fault

• Mount St. Helens

• the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Diverging plates have caused this to form.

• the Hawaiian islands

• the San Andreas fault

• Mount St. Helens

• the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which plate boundary could form a mountain chain of sedimentary rock?

• divergent boundary of oceanic crust and continental crust

• convergent boundary of two continental crusts

• convergent boundary of oceanic crust and continental crust

• divergent boundary between two oceanic crusts

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which type of stress occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other?

• compression

• shear

• force

• tension

Which plate will go through compression stress?

• oceanic plates diverging

• oceanic and continental plates at a transform boundary

• a central fault in a continental plate

• an oceanic and continental plate converging