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Plate tectonics

Plate tectonics

Assessment

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Science

8th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS3-2, MS-PS2-1

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Standards-aligned

Created by

Jennifer Collins

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3 Slides • 4 Questions

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What happens at plate boundaries?

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List the 3 types of plate boundaries.

3

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Happens when plates collide. There are 3 types of convergent plate boundaries:

-2 oceanic plates colliding

-continental plate and oceanic plate colliding

-2 continental plates colliding.

Convergent plate boundaries

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Use the website below to help you answer the questions that follow.

https://www.learner.org/series/interactive-dyn

amic-earth/

5

Draw

Draw arrows to show subduction of one plate under another.

6

Fill in the Blank

__________ form at subduction zones.

7

Open Ended

On the Slip, slide and collide page in the interactive, click around to learn more about certain features. Write at least 5 facts here.

What happens at plate boundaries?

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