Plate Tectonics

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What causes the movement of tectonic plates?

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Convection currents in the Asthenosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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Why are earthquakes common in areas like California and Japan?

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Both areas are on the boundary of active plates, the motion of the plates causes earthquakes.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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Observe this diagram of a plate boundary. One statement BEST describes what is happening. Options: the oceanic crust is melting, volcanic islands are forming, the tectonic plates are moving away from each other.

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the denser ceanic crust is subducting under the less dense oceanic crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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What geological forces might be responsible for this range of mountains? Options: diverging tectonic plates, erosion of the land by the ocean, converging tectonic plates, deposition of sediments by the ocean

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converging tectonic plates

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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Earthquake epicenters (center of where the earthquakes started) were mapped for a 35 year period. The black dots indicate these epicenters. The black dots appear along what feature on Earth? Options: hot spots, plate boundaries, rift zones, sea floor spreading.

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plate boundaries

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was caused by a shift in two plates that pushed one section of the sea floor under another section of the sea floor by 5 meters. What type of boundary is this?

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convergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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What is the source of energy that drives plate movement?

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convection currents in the asthenosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other is called

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Divergent Boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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Name of the super continent that existed 200 million years ago.

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Pangea

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During sea floor spreading, where does molten material rise up from the mantle?

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at the mid ocean ridges

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3