Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes

This is the name for the chain of volcanos around the edge of the Pacific Plate.

• Circle of Fire

• Ring of Lava

• Ring of Fire

• Circle of Magma

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• submergent

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

• Earthquakes

• Volcanoes

• Mountains

• Rift

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Scientists think that convection currents flow in Earth's

• continents

• mantle

• lithosphere

• inner core.

What is Magma when it reaches the surface of Earth?

• Lava

• Mafic Magma

• Felsic Magma

• None of these

Melted rock inside the Earth is called

• magma.

• water.

• fire.

• surface.

Wide gentle sloping mountain from lava pouring out of the vent and hardens on top of previous layers

• Earthquake

• Cinder cone volcano

• Composite volcano

• Shield volcano

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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

Which layer of Earth is the thinnest?

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

• inner core

What land form can be produced by the collision of two continental plates?

• a.oceanic ridge

• b.oceanic trench

• c. mountain ranges

• d.mountain volcanoes

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