Plate Tectonics and Earth's Surface

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Charles Martinez
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What type of stress in normally associated with convergent boundaries?
faulting
tension
shear stress
compression
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
At a divergent boundary, ____________ stress is the most likely to occur.
faulting
tension
shear stress
compression
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following helps to explain why tectonic plates move?
Plates move because of the gravitational force of the moon pulling on Earth's surface.
Plates moves because the asthenosphere is slowly moving.
Plates move because landforms cause them to move in different directions.
Plates move because they are slowly expanding and growing larger.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A tectonic plate is defined as
large, slow moving pieces of Earth's lithosphere.
large, slow moving pieces of Earth's asthenosphere.
large, slow moving pieces of Earth's mesosphere.
large, slow moving pieces of Earth's outer core.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Why do folded mountain belts sometimes form at convergent plate boundaries?
because rock is compressed and forced upward.
because convergent plate boundaries occur above hot spots.
because the rock is stretched apart and breaks, which allows magma to rise to Earth's surface.
because subducted oceanic lithosphere melts and rises as magma to Earth's surface.
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
NGSS.HS-ESS2-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What can cause a chain of volcanic islands to form far from plate boundaries?
rifting
folding
hot spots
subduction
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
This diagram shows a subduction zone. What type of plate boundary is shown in the image, and what type of landform is likely to occur here?
divergent boundary; a trench
convergent boundary; continental volcanic arc
divergent boundary; island volcanic arc
convergent boundary; folded mountains
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
NGSS.HS-ESS2-1
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