Plate Boundary/Tectonics

The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor is called ___________.

• Divergent boundary
• Sea-floor spreading
• Convergent boundary
• Renovating 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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What is the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary?

• Subduction
• Induction
• Abduction 
• Reduction

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

_____________ is a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.

• Convergent boundary
• Transform boundary
• Divergent boundary
• Insurgent boundary

_____________ is when two plates move toward each other.

• Convergent boundary
• Allegiant boundary
• Transform boundary
• Sliding boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A _____________ is when two plates move past each other in opposite directions.

• emergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• convergent boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A _________ is a valley that forms where two plates move apart.

• Fissure
• Rift valley
• Sea-floor spreading
• Fault

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

one tectonic plate moves under another

• convergent plate boundary
• divergent plate boundary
• transform plate boundary
• subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What type of boundary is in this image?

• convergent plate boundary
• divergent plate boundary
• transform plate boundary
• subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary is in this image?

• convergent plate boundary
• divergent plate boundary
• transform plate boundary
• subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary is in this image?

• convergent plate boundary
• divergent plate boundary
• transform plate boundary
• subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3