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Grade 8
SCIENCE QUARTERLY ASSESSMENT 1
Revised 10/8/12
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1. [ES8.9] [ES 2] [K2]
Examine the illustration of a tectonic plate
boundary. Movement of the plates is indicated by
the arrows.
mountains
In the space provided on your Answer Document,
provide a brief answer to each of the following
four questions
a) [ES8.10] [ES2] [K2]
Explain how most strong earthquakes occur.
b). [ES8.10] [ES2] [K2]
Describe landforms that are usually found in an
earthquake zone.
c). [ES8.10] [ES2] [K2]
What is the difference between fold mountains
and fault-block mountains?
Which process is depicted in the tectonic plate
boundary illustration?
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d). [ES8.12] [ES2] [K2]
Why is it possible that the size of the Hawaiian
islands may increase in the future?
A. transform plate boundary creating a fault
B. divergent plate boundary creating a rift
C. divergent plate boundary creating a valley
D. convergent plate boundary creating mountains.
4. [ES8.15] [ES2] [K2]
Which type of boundary forms where continental
plates collide?
A. convergent boundary
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B. divergent boundary
Which landform is likely to form where two
oceanic plates push together?
C. transform boundary
D. sliding boundary
A. rift
B. mid-ocean ridge
C. river valley
D. volcanic island
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SCIENCE QUARTERLY ASSESSMENT 1
Revised 10/8/12
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[ES8.15] [ES2] [K2]
Where do mid-ocean ridges occur?
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A. at convergent boundaries
B. at divergent boundaries
C. at transform boundaries
[ES8.15] [ES2] [K2]
A chain of mountains is located near the
western coast of a continent next to a plate
boundary. Which sentence describes how
the mountains formed?
D. below the lithosphere
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[ES8.15] [ES2] [K2]
Where does the San Andreas Fault occur?
A. at a convergent boundary
B. at a divergent boundary
C. at a transform boundary
D. in a rift
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[ES8.15] [ES2] [K2]
A. As a continental plate and an oceanic plate
slid past each other, a fault formed, and the
mountains were exposed by
earthquake movement.
B. As a continental plate and an oceanic plate
collided, part of the oceanic plate
subducted, and volcanoes erupted,
forming the mountains.
C. As two oceanic plates collided, one of the
oceanic plates subducted, and the other
plate rose to the surface, forming folded
mountains.
D. As two oceanic plates moved apart, new
seafloor was produced, forming a ridge.
Where does seafloor spreading occur?
A. at convergent boundaries
B. at subduction zones
C. at divergent boundaries
D. at hot spots
9. [ES8.10] [ES2] [K2]
Which interaction between two tectonic
plates is one of the ways a deep ocean
trench is formed?
A. two continental plates converging.
B. two continental plates pulling apart
C. two ocean plates converging
D. two ocean plates pulling apart
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Grade 8
SCIENCE QUARTERLY ASSESSMENT 1
Revised 10/8/12
[ES8.10] (2 points) [ES1] [R1]
An earthquake is caused the moment a sudden
movement occurs inside the earth’s crust
along a fault. Tremendous amounts of energy
are released in seismic waves when an
earthquake occurs. Identify the locations of
the earthquake’s focus and epicenter relative
to the location of the initial movement.
Describe how the seismic waves travel from
the location of the movement to the earth’s
surface. Respond in the space provided on
the Answer Document.
The graph below shows the seismic
wave velocities at various depths
within Earth.
11. [ES8.10] [ES1] [R1]
Based on the graph, which point
marks the beginning of Earth’s
liquid outer core?
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
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SCIENCE QUARTERLY ASSESSMENT 1
Revised 10/8/12
13. [ES 2] [K2] [R1]
A line of volcanoes occurs
along the western coast of
South America, near location 4.
Based on the information about
plate movement on the map,
which process explains the
formation of these volcanoes
A. One tectonic plate is splitting
apart into two plates.
B. Two tectonic plates are
colliding and pushing together.
12. [ES2] [K2] [R1]
What process is forming
high nonvolcanic mountains at
location 1 on the map?
A. subducting of one plate under
the other causing melting of
the lower plate
B. sliding of one plate sideways
past another resulting in friction
and melting
C. melting of crust because of
plate movement over a
“hot spot”
D. rifting of a plate with lava filling
in the resulting valley
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C. One tectonic plate is sliding
past another tectonic plate.
D. Two tectonic plates are
colliding and one is sliding
splitting
14. [ES1] [K1] [R2]
What is the major process of
surface rock formation
on volcanoes?
A. Rock cools quickly from
melted rock.
B. Rock is recrystallized by
extreme pressure.
C. Rock solidifies slowly
deep underground.
D. Rock is formed from
deposited sediment.
under the other.
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SCIENCE QUARTERLY ASSESSMENT 1
Revised 10/8/12
Use the diagram below to answer questions 15 & 16
15. [ES2] [K2]
Which plate boundary feature is
associated with the compressive
forces shown in Figure 2?
A. continental rift valley where
one plate is splitting apart
B. midocean ridge where two
plates are moving away from
each other
C. high folded mountains where
two plates are pushing toward
each other
16. [ES2] [K2]
Which process produced the
pattern of layers shown in Figure 1?
A. folding
B. faulting
C. spreading
D. weathering
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D. strike-slip faulting where two
plates are sliding sideways past
each other
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Grade 8
SCIENCE QUARTERLY ASSESSMENT 1
Revised 09/29/11
17. [ES2] [K2] [ES1] [R2]
Geologists installed tiltmeters in a
tectonically active area. Tiltmeters
can detect very small changes in
the slope (tilt) of Earth’s surface.
These changes result from the
upward movement of magma
beneath Earth’s surface.
What event could be predicted
by monitoring these changes?
A. a potential volcanic eruption
B. reversal of Earth’s magnetic
Field
C. a change in the composition
of Earth’s crust
D. decreased thermal energy
transfer within Earth
18. [ES2] [K2]
Earth’s crust is divided into many crustal plates.
Their activity is described as plate tectonics.
List two effects of plate tectonics and explain
How plate tectonics causes each effect.
Respond in the space provided in you
Answer Document (4 points)
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