Plate tectonics test

The place where to plates meet?

• Pattern

• Plate Boundary

• Mantle

• Earthquake

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• subducting

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• strike slip

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

• Rift Valley
• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Island Arc
• Flat land

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Two plates come together or collide at what boundary?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Two plates spread or move apart at what boundary?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Two plates slide past each other at what boundary?

• Covergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The process where oceanic crust slides under another plate and is melted is called ___________.

• seafloor spreading

• subduction

• continental drift

• recycling

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The process that occurs at a divergent oceanic boundary that creates new crust (sea floor) is called?

• Subduction

• Seafloor Spreading

• Continental Drift

• Volcanism

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What evidence did Wegener use in his Continental Drift theory?

• Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces

• Plant and animal fossils

• mountain ranges and coal deposits line up across continents

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3