Plate Tectonics and Topographic Maps

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• subducting

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• submergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• strike slip

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?

• Earthquakes

• Volcanoes

• Mountains

• Rift Valleys

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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

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

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Mountain

• Rift Valley

• Island Arc

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

• Volcano
• Mountain
• Rift
• Island Arc

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

A subduction zone is formed...

• when one tectonic plate sinks below another

• at every type of convergent plate boundary

• at every type of divergent plate boundary

• at transform boundaries

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

In which direction is Mill River flowing?

• Southeast

• Southwest

• Northeast

• Northwest

This is the driving force behind the movement of tectonic plates.

• Mantle convection currents
• Oceanic convection currents
• Atmospheric convection currents
• Solar convection currents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1