Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• subducting

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• submergent

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• strike slip

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

What would you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?

• Earthquakes
• Volcanoes
• Mountains
• Rift

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Volcanoes occur at

• convergent plate boundaries
• hot spots 
• divergent plate boundaries
• all of these

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth's layers?

• crust, outer core, inner core, mantle
• mantle, outer core, inner core, crust
• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
• outer core, inner core, crust, mantle

Earth's inner core is...

• a dense ball of solid iron and nickel.
• a layer of molten iron and nickel.
• a layer of hot rock.
• a layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

Scientists think that convection currents flow in Earth's

• continents
• mantle
• lithosphere
• inner core.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

Which layer of Earth is LIQUID?

• upper mantle
• lower mantle
• outer core
• inner core

Which layer of Earth is the thinnest?

• crust
• mantle
• outer core
• inner core