Plate Boundaries, Earthquakes and Volcanoes

The branch of Science that deals with the study of earthquakes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following can trigger a tsunami?

• undersea earthquake

• undersea landslides

• eruption of an oceanic volcano

• all of these

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

An area of volcanic activity far from a tectonic plate boundary is called a(n)

• hot spot

• cone

• island arc

• mantle plume

When a plate is subducted, (pushed down into the Earth), it

• it hardens

• it melts

• its material is lost forever

• comes up on the other side of the planet

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Volcanoes along America's west coast (Mt. St. Helen's, Mt. Shasta, Mt. Hood, etc.) are the result of

• transform boundaries

• convergent boundaries

• earthquakes

• divergent boundaries

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A sudden shaking of Earth's surface

• plate boundary

• divergent

• earthquake

• geosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Earthquakes are caused by

• activity on Earth's surface

• extreme weather

• Earth's rotation

• plate motion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The place where two plates meet

• A Plate Singles Club

• plate boundary

• fault line

• earthquake

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This type of boundary has plates moving past each other.

• convergent

• transform

• divergent

• earthquake

This type of plate boundary causes one plate to move over another plate.

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• subduction