Plate Boundaries

Tsunamis are formed from what two types of convergent boundaries?

• Continental-Continental

• Oceanic-Continental

• Oceanic-Oceanic

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

These are NOT plate boundary features. They are areas where hot mantle plumes push up through the lithospheric plates to create volcanic islands such as Hawaii.

• Hotspots

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

The only type of crust that will subduct if two plates converge is...

• Oceanic

• Continental

What is the only event associated with ALL plate boundaries?

• Volcanoes

• Earthquakes

• Subduction

• Deep Trenches

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the only event associated with transform boundaries?

• Volcanoes

• Subduction Zones

• Tsunamis

• Earthquakes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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

• Volcano

• Tsumani

• Tidal Wave

• Hurricane

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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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The process that occurs at a divergent oceanic boundary that creates new crust (sea floor) is called?

• Subduction

• Seafloor Spreading

• Continental Drift

• Volcanism

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

When two continental plates converge (collide) what type of crustal feature is formed?

• Mid Ocean Ridge

• Subduction Zone

• Rift Valley

• Folded Mountains

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A divergent boundary in the ocean creates what feature?

• Mid Ocean Ridge

• Rift Valley

• Deep Ocean Trench

• Subduction Zone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3