Topic 8 Plate Tectonics (Chapter Review)

Subduction of the ocean floor takes place at the

• trenches
• lower mantle
• mid-cean ridges
• rift valleys

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The process that powers plate tectonics

• convection
• radiation
• conduction
• subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Two plates that collide with each other at

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• the boundary between the mantle and the crust

The force that causes part of the crust to become shorter and thicker because of squeezing

• compression
• tension
• shearing
• normal force

The largest waves on a seismorgram are

• surface waves (L-Waves)
• P-waves
• S-Waves
• tsunamis

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

In the hours after an earthquakes, people should not go inside a building, even if it appears undamaged, because of

• aftershock
• liquefaction
• tsunamis
• deformation

Magma becomes lava when it reaches a volcanoe's

• vent
• pipe
• magma chamber
• geyser

When magma heats underground water, the result may be a

• hot spring
• lava flow
• vent
• hot spot

The single land mass that broke apart 250 million years ago was Pangaea

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

When two continental plates diverge, a transform boundary forms

• False
• True

Answer explanation

False- Divergent Boundary or Rift Valley