Amplify Plate Motion Ch 2

The Appalachian mountains are located in the eastern part of the United States. Four students were asked to identify the geologic process that caused this mountain range to form. Their responses are shown below. Which student correctly identified the geologic process that formed the Appalachian mountains?

• Student 1

• Student 2

• Student 3

• Student 4

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The diagram shows the five major layers of Earth. 

Select Asthenosphere for each statement that applies to the asthenosphere; select Lithosphere next to each statement that applies to the lithosphere.

• Asthenosphere

• This layer is semisolid

• Lithosphere

• This layer drives the movement of the plates

• Asthenosphere

• The upper mantle is found in this layer

• Asthenosphere

• Earthquakes happen in this layer

• Lithosphere

• Convection happens in this layer

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the name of the formation at A?

• Mid Ocean Ridge

• Sea Floor Spreading

• Ocean Trench

• Mid Ocean Mountain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Why does oceanic crust sink below the continental crust at location B?

• Continental crust is more dense.

• Oceanic crust is less dense.

• Oceanic crust is older.

• Oceanic crust is more dense.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is responsible for the motion indicated by the arrows in the image?

• ocean currents

• magnetic forces from Earth's core

• convection currents

• plate tectonics

This is a picture of a ​​​​ (a)   boundary.

• transform
• convergent
• divergent

This is an example of a ​ (a)   boundary.

• convergent
• transform
• divergent

This is a ​ (a)   boundary.

• divergent
• transform
• convergent

Which of the following is NOT a divergent boundary?

• The Great Rift Valley of East Africa

• The East Pacific Rise

• The San Andreas Fault

• The Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Which statement best completes this sentence?

The fossil formed when ​ (a)   .

• it was sediment on the ocean floor
• it was on a mountaintop
• the rock was exposed by rain
• old bones washed down the mountain

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3