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Which event is most likely to occur when tectonic plates slide past one another?

• sinkhole

• volcano

• mudslide

• earthquake

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The map in the picture shows tectonic plate boundaries. This map would be useful in predicting the location of future

• droughts

• hurricanes

• earthquakes

• tornadoes

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What are the two types of crust?

• continental and oceanic

• ocean and basin

• lower and upper

• thick and thin

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The volcanoes located on the Ring of Fire are most likely caused by

• seafloor spreading

• a transform boundary

• a subduction zone

• metamorphism

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List the steps of the scientific method

d

e

f

c

b

a

Analyze results

Ask a question

Conduct experiment

Communicate results

Form a hypothesis

Draw conclusions

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Which best describes this diagram?

• divergent boundary

• subduction zone

• transform boundary

• volcanic islands forming

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The source of energy that drives or causes tectonic plate movement is

• convection currents in the mantle

• subduction of oceanic crust

• plates grinding past one another

• slab pull

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This movement of tectonic plates will MOST likely cause

• mountains to form

• seafloor spreading

• an earthquake

• a rift valley

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When pressure builds between two tectonic plates, it can suddenly release causing a (an) ______________________

• Earthquake

• Volcano

• Convection Current

• Gravitational Pull

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A Plate Boundary where two plates move toward each other is called

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Subduction

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