unit 5 quiz

unit 5 quiz

8th Grade

16 Qs

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unit 5 quiz

unit 5 quiz

Assessment

Quiz

Social Studies

8th Grade

Hard

Created by

MADELYN S

FREE Resource

16 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of geologic feature would you expect to find along the west coast of South America?

a rift valley

an arc of volcanoes

an ocean ridge

a transform fault

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the east coast of the UNITED STATES an example of?

divergent continental margin

convergent plate boundary

transform plate boundary

passive continental margin

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

At which of these boundaries would you expect to find oceanic lithosphere being created?

between the South American and Nazca plates

between the Pacific and North American plates

between the North American and Eurasian plates

between the Cocos and Caribbean plates

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do plates move to form a continental rift valley?

in transform type boundaries

in convergent type boundaries

in divergent type boundaries

in subduction zones

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which is true about the deepest ocean trenches?

they form in subduction zones

they are deeper than some mountains are tall

they are formed from oceanic crust

all of the above

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the direction of movement at a convergent plate boundary?

side by side

toward each other

away from each other

no movement

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

During subduction, why will the magma produced by the subducting plate rise upward?

because it is colder than the surrounding material

because its composition has changed from basalt to granite

because it is less dense than the surrounding material

because of the Coriolis Effect on magma

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