Wright's Plate Tectonics

When two tectonic plates are moving away from each other, the boundary between them is called...

• Divergent boundary
• Convergent boundary
• Transform boundary
• Subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

When two tectonic plates are moving toward each other, the boundary between them is called...

• Divergent boundary
• Convergent boundary
• Transform boundary
• Subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

When two tectonic plates slide past each other, neither crashing together, nor pulling apart, the boundary between them is called...

• Divergent boundary
• Convergent boundary
• Transform boundary
• Subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Sometimes, when two tectonic plates collide, one is pushed below the other; this action at the convergent boundary is called...

• Divergent boundary
• Convergent boundary
• Transform boundary
• Subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

When an oceanic plate is subducted under a continental plate, a deep valley is formed in the ocean. What is this valley called? 

• a trench
• a rift zone
• ocean spreading ridge
• Continental crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

When a continental plate is pulled away from another continental plate, the area of crust that is thinned and pulled apart is called. 

• a trench
• a rift zone or rift valley
• ocean spreading ridge
• Continental crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

When an oceanic plate is pulled away from another oceanic plate,, magma spews from below the crust and this is formed. 

• a trench
• a rift zone or rift valley
• ocean spreading ridge
• continental crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

When convergent plates collide, if both plates are pushed upward, this forms.  

• Fissures
• Mountain Ranges
• Volcanoes
• Rock Cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The movement of the tectonic plates continually creates new rock on the surface of the earth and pulls old rock back into the mantle and recycles it. This process is called... 

• Fissures
• Mountain Ranges
• Volcanoes
• Rock Cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• subducting

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3