Plate Boundaries

When an oceanic plate moves under a continental plate, what features are formed?

• Rift Valleys

• Vocanoes

• Folded Mountains

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The large plates move across the surface of the Earth by what process?

• Convection

• Radiation

• Condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

When two continental plates converge what crustal feature is formed?

• Rift Valley

• Volcanoes

• Folded Mountains

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

When sea floor spreading occurs, how are the plates moving?

• Converging

• Diverging

• Sliding

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary is the San Andreas Fault?

• Converging

• Diverging

• Transform

Transform boundaries are known for which earth formation?

• Mountains

• Volcanoes

• Earthquakes

When two oceanic plate boundaries meet, what crustal feature forms?

• Sea Floor Spreading

• Volcanic Island Arc

• Folded Mountains

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

When an oceanic crust meets a continental crust, what occurs?

• The oceanic crust moves UNDER the continental crust.

• The oceanic crust moves OVER the continental crust.

• The two crust converge and form folded mountains.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This image is an example of which type of boundary?

• Converging

• Diverging

• Transform

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

This image is an example of which type of boundary?

• Converging

• Diverging

• Transform