Plate Tectonics

The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Plate Boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Energy from the Sun

• Magnetic Pole Reversal

• Convection currents in the mantle

• Faults in Mountain Ranges

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A convergent boundary occurs when plates experience ________ force

• Compression

• Tension

• Sheer

• Subducting

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

A fault is formed by the movement of a __________ plate boundary

• Transform
• Convergent
• Divergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Islands can from from magma which is pushed up at a __________ plate boundary

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

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How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?

• Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created

• New crust is underwater where it sinks

• New crust breaks more easily than old crust

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Mountains are created when....

• Two continental plates collide

• Two oceanic plates pull apart

• An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate

• Two continental plates pull apart

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Oceanic Trenches are formed by either _______ or _______ plate boundaries

• Convergent Oceanic / Continental

• Convergent Continental / Continental

• Convergent Oceanic / Oceanic

• Divergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Ocean Ridges are formed by _______ plate boundaries

• Convergent Oceanic / Continental

• Convergent Continental / Continental

• Convergent Oceanic / Oceanic

• Divergent

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Mountains are formed by _______ forces

• Compression

• Sheer

• Tension

• Divergent

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