Quizizz Final Review #5

In general, if Earth's most active volcanic areas were indicated on the same map, where would these volcanic areas be located?

• at the North and South Poles

• mainly in the centers of the continents

• evenly distributed over Earth's surface

• in the same areas as active earthquakes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The map below shows a tectonic plate boundary in the Atlantic Ocean between South America and Africa. Letters A, B, C, and D represent locations on Earth's surface. The most recently formed oceanic crust would be located closest to location

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Refer to Figure 1 and answer the following question: What most likely caused the major devastation along the flat coastal areas of Japan as a result of this earthquake?

• crustal downwarping

• lava flows

• landslides

• a tsunami

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The Andes Mountains and the Peru-Chile Trench must have formed when the Nazca Plate:

• Slid past the Sandwich Plate

• Collided with the South American Plate

• Moved toward the Pacific Plate

• Collided with the Eurasian Plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The type of boundary that caused the formation of the trench above can only be a:

• Transform plate boundary

• Convergent plate boundary

• Divergent plate boundary

• Complex or uncertain plate boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The Yellowstone Hot Spot is located on the following plate:

• Pacific

• Eurasian

• Nazca

• North American

Which agent of erosion produced many of the large parallel grooves and scratches seen in surface bedrock across New York State?

• mass movement

• wind

• running water

• glaciers

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the approximate minimum stream velocity required to transport the smallest particles of sand?

• 1.0 cm/s

• 0.7 cm/s

• 0.3 cm/s

• 0.1 cm/s

What is the largest particle size that a stream can transport at a velocity of 5 centimeters per second?

• cobble

• pebble

• sand

• silt

The minimum stream velocity necessary to transport a sediment particle that is 0.1 centimeter in diameter is closest to

• 0.1 cm/s

• 0.002 cm/s

• 5.5 cm/s

• 10.0 cm/s