Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes

Two plates come together or collide at what boundary?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Two plates spread or move apart (divide) at what boundary?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Two plates slide past each other at what boundary?

• Covergent

• Divergent

• Transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Areas where magma pushes up through the crust to create volcanic islands such as Hawaii (not plate boundaries)

• Hotspots

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

If an earthquake occurs at the bottom of the ocean floor what could form as result?

• Volcano

• Tsumani

• Tidal Wave

• Hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the 'magic' that is happening in the upper mantle that helps move the 'lithospheric plates'?

• Convection

• Subduction

• Seafloor Spreading

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• subducting

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• submergent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What technology was used during WWII to detect enemy submarines and produce the first map of the seafloor?

• Sonar
• Radar
• GPS

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The area where two tectonic plates meet.

• mantle
• focus
• plate boundary
• convection

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3