Plate Tectonics

What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?

• Tectonic plates

• Puzzles

• Earthquakes

• Continents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?

• Core
• Mantle
• Crust

The area around the Pacific Ocean where lots of earthquakes and volcanoes happen is called the ____________.

• Ring of Earth
• Ring of Fire
• Ring of Stone
• Ring of Diamond

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

This famous fault in California has a lot of earthquakes!

• San Diego Fault

• Denali Fault

• San Andreas Fault

• Los Angeles Fault

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What type of boundary occurs when two plates move away from each other?

• transform
• subduction
• convergent
• divergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What forms at a divergent boundary between two oceanic plates?

• rift valley
• mountain
• mid-ocean ridge
• trench

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which type of crust is more dense?

• oceanic
• continental
• divergent
• pizza

What type of boundary occurs when two plates move toward each other?

• convergent
• divergent
• transform
• lateral

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What forms at a convergent boundary between a continental plate and an oceanic plate?

• volcanoes
• rift valleys
• faults
• mid-ocean ridges

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A rift valley occurs at a ____________ boundary.

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• horizontal

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3