Plate Tectonics Final Quiz

Undersea mountain range formed where two parts of the Earth's crust are moving apart

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Plate Tectonics

• Mantle

Formation of new oceanic crust due to the upwelling of magma at mid-ocean ridges

• Magma

• Oceanic Crust

• Sea-Floor Spreading

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

When two plates separate and create new oceanic crust

• Divergent Plate Boundary

• Plate Tectonics

• Mountains

• Lava

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

When two plates slide horizontally past one another. Earthquakes are very common along this plate type.

• Mountain

• Transform Plate Boundary

• Sea-Floor Spreading

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

When an oceanic and a continental plate collide. Subduction occurs here.

• Convergent Plate Boundary

• Subduction

• Transform Plate Boundary

The denser plate sinks below the other plate

• Inner Core

• Subduction

• Submarine

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move.

• Continental Crust

• Plate Tectonics

• Earth's Layers

Convergent Plate Boundary

• Two plates collide and subduction can occur.

• The innermost layer of Earth

• Magma cools and hardens

Transform Plate Boundary

• Two plates slide or rub horizontally past one another. Earthquakes are very common.

• An area full of lava

• Plates that float above Earth

Divergent Plate Boundary

• Plates found deep inside Earth's inner core

• Two plates that separate and create new oceanic crust

• Plates in the sink