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8th Grade Earth Science (ES3)
8th Grade Earth Science (ES3)
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What type of crustal feature would be found long this type of boundary?
fault
mountains
trench
ridge
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on the seafloor, where are the youngest rocks located?
Farthest from the mid-ocean ridge
Closest to the mid-ocean ridge
None
the furthest down below the crust
3
What forms at a convergent boundary?
Faults
Mountains
Deep Ocean Trenches
Mid Ocean ridges
4
What is Pangea
The giant super continent that existed 200 million years ago
The giant super continent that existed 1000 million years ago
The giant super continent that existed 1 hundred years ago
The small sized continent that existed 200 million years ago
5
Where are volcanoes more likely to occur?
on continents
in the ocean
on or near plate boundaries
far away from plate boundaries
6
What kind of boundary forms Trenches?
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
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What are the 3 Rocks that are formed in the rock cycle?
Asteroids, Meteors, and Comets
Obsidian, Slate, and Coal
Fossils, Minerals, and Diamonds
Igneous, MetaMorphic, and Sedimentary
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What is an earthquake
thunderstorms in the ocean
places where lava turns to rock
Vibrations at the Earth's surface
a ride at SIx Flags
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What is a transform boundary
Where two plates move toward each other
Where two plates move past each other in same direction
Where two plates move past each other in opposite direction
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Which statement best supports the information in the table?
Fossils of same species found on separate continents.
ancient coal is found in locations where it is much too cold
creatures were alive in warm climates but drifted apart
Pangaea broke up and continents moved to current locations
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Which plate boundary is this one?
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
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What is a convergent boundary
a convergent boundary can cause an earthquake
a convergent boundary is when plates move together
a convergent boundary is when plates move apart
a convergent boundary is when plates slide against each other
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Why would we monitor earthquake activity at location D?
Location D is on land.
Location D is near a plate boundary.
Plates are moving together at location D.
Location D is near a populated area.
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Which explanation is supported by the map?
A change in climate.
The current climate still supports formation of glaciers.
The continents were once located near a polar region.
The areas on the map are places where glaciers remain.
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What is IGNEOUS ROCK?
A naturally occurring, inorganic, solid with a chemical composition.
Rocks formed by cooling and hardened lava and magma.
Rocks formed when rocks experience extreme heat.
Mineral formed by cooling and hardened
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Where are the youngest rocks located?
Away from the ridge
Near the ridge
On top of the ridge
Above the older rocks
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Tectonic plates are...
A supercontinent that existed in Paleozoic and Mesozoic
Cracks in Earth's oceanic crusts
The Earth’s lithosphere broken into major and minor parts.
Coconut baby wipes
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What is a convergent boundary?
two plates moving towards
Two platers moving horazontaly to each other
Two plates moving apart
I don't know?
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Which location is most likely to monitor earthquakes to minimize harm in their area?
Location C
Location D
Location A
Location B
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What is subduction?
An earthquake at a plate boundary
A volcanic eruption
A plate being pushed beneath another plate
Two plates pushing together
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A Divergent boundary ___
Separates
Collides
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Tectonic plates are fast
True
False
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What type of Plate Boundary is this?
Transform
Reverse
Convergent
Divergent
24
In the picture above what plate boundary does this show?
Divergent
Transform
Convergent
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Is a plate added when a transform boundary past each other?
maybe
yes
no
dinosaur, it makes sense if you want it to
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what type of plate boundary is shown here
hotspot
divergent
transform
convergent
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What effect does the below divergent plate boundary have?
a rift effect
a spreading movement that is constructive
a conservative effect
a destructive effect
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Term for when cold, more dense fluids sink and warm, less dense fluids rise.
mantle
conduction
convection current
radiation
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What does a transform plate boundary make?
trenches
seafloor spreading
volcanoes
earthquakes
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What is true of plate tectonics?
They are caused by earthquakes
They are COOL. Duh..
They are constantly moving
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What is NOT true of divergent boundaries?
Plates rub against each other in opposite directions
Plates move away from each other
Magma rises and new crust is added
Forms mid-ocean ridges and underwater volcanoes
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What is Continental drift?
IDK
It is the explanation of Pangaea
Continental drift is the movement of the Earth's continents
IT meant that the Continents would soon drift into space
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What is seafloor spreading?
Formation of new ocean crust as result of magma pushing up.
Movement & spreading of ocean crust above continental crust.
When lava pushes & spreads seafloor up from subsurface.
Spreading of ocean crust solely due to earthquakes.
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What happens at a divergent plate boundary?
Volcanoes
Geysers
Hot spots
Water
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Where on the Atlantic Ocean floor are the youngest rocks located?
Old rocks and young rocks alternate along the seafloor
Near middle of the ocean
On the edge near the continents
Ocean floor rocks are all the same age
36
Which plate boundary is this?
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
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When a continental and an oceanic plate collide, the oceanic plate sinks because...
it is softer than continental crust
it is denser than continental crust
it is less dense
of the convection currents
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This type of boundary is responsible for
mountains
ridges
earthquakes
tranformers
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What is a divergent boundary?
a divergent boundary is when plates slide against each other
a divergent boundary is when plates move apart
a divergent boundary is also know as magma
a divergent boundary is when plates move together
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Earth's mantle is a ______ ______.
hard liquid
hard solid
soft solid
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Convergent, divergent, and transform are three major types of plate boundary
False
True
42
What is An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent boundary?
SEA FLOOR SPREADING
SONAR
DEEP-OCEAN TRENCH
MID-OCEAN RIDGE
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What type of crustal features will be found along this type of boundary?
fault
ridge
trench
mountains
44
What is a plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions?
RIFT VALLEY
TRANSFORM BOUNDARY
DIVERGENT BOUNDAIRY
CONVERGENT BOUNDARY
45
Does this map provide evidence that supports or rejects Wegener's theory of continental drift?
SUPPORTS: newer rock in middle pushed continents apart
REJECTS: shows continents in current location 180 MYA
REJECTS: ocean floor is older near continents
SUPPORTS: continents fit together like a puzzle
46
What are the 3 types of movements made by plate tectonic?
Faults, Ridges, Valleys
Divergent, Convergent, Transform
Faults, Shifting, Shakin
Shaking, Shifting, Colliding
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What is seafloor spreading?
the formation of new areas of oceanic crust
Where the most active volcanoes lie
a mountain or hill, typically conical
an area of the Earth's mantle from which hot plumes rise
48
What does extinct mean?
unknown
disappeared
dead and gone forever
living
49
Which statement provides evidence that the Appalachian and Caledonian Mountains were connected?
Mountain ranges with same features found across Atlantic
Ancient fossils found in rock on both sides of the Atlantic
Identical rocks found on both sides of the Atlantic
Grooves and rock deposits left by glaciers
50
What type of plate boundary would a fold mountain occur on?
Divergent
Transform
Insurgent
Convergent
51
What are tectonic plates?
Large serving dishes
A mechanism by which the crust of the Earth moves
The entire surface of the Earth
Large pieces of the Earth's crust
52
Hawaii is not on a plate boundary but a hotspot caused by plate movement
False
True
53
What Is a Convergent Boundary?
A kind of cheese, mostly found in Australia
A place where two plates are going away from eachother
A place where two plates are sliding against each other
A place when two plates are coliding
54
Tectonic plates are real
False
True
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What happens at a transform plate boundary?
Nothing
Mid-Ocean
Earthquake
Volcanoes
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What type of Plate Boundary Is This?
Reverse
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
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Why do heated substances rise?
Heated particles never rise.
They rise because the heated particles spread out & speed up
The rise because they are more dense.
They rise cuz of density.
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Why does the map support the theory that plates move over time?
The fossils moved from one location to another.
Matching rock types on different continents.
Same plant and animal fossils found on different continents.
The continents appear to fit together like puzzle pieces.
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In which locations would you potentially find volcanoes?
Locations B and C
Locations C and D
Locations A and B
Locations A and D
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Which plate boundary is this one?
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
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What is responsible for movement of the tectonic plates?
Radiation from the inner core
atmosperic convection currents
convection currents in the mantle
conduction currents in the mantle
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Most tectonic plates have two kinds of crust, what are they?
oceanic crust & continental crust
soft crust & hard crust
inner crust & outer crust
crust & mantle
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What type of Plate Boundary is this?
Reverse
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
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All of the following are evidence of Continental Drift except...
tectonic plate movement
continents fit together like a puzzle
Old maps
similar fossils found in different continents
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What is a metamorphic rock?
magma
crystallization of hot melted rocks or minerals
pieces of other rocks that are cemented together
existing rocks that are changed by heat and pressure
66
What is a trench
A section of lithosphere
A deep sided canyon in the ocean floor
A section of asthenosphere
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What is a transform boundary
a transform boundary is when plates move apart
a transform boundary is when plates slide against each other
a transform boundary causes earthquakes
a transform boundary is when plates move together
