Plate Tectonics

What plate boundary do you see

• Transform

• Convergent

• Continue

• Divergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

At deep ocean trenches, seafloor is pushed back down into the earth where it will be “recycled” again someday as new earth. This process is called:

• Subduction

• Convection

• Submarine

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary do you see?

• Transform

• Divergent

• Convergent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

_____________________________ currents within the mantle cause the earth’s plates to move and shift as molten material rises and falls due to density and gravity.

• Conduction

• Convection

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The rising and falling of the rock and magma on the inside of the earth can cause ________________________ on the surface of the earth.

• Volcanoes & Earthquakes

• Mountain Formations

• Faults to Form

• All the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What type of land formations do divergent boundaries make?

• Oceanic ridges

• Mountains

• Volcano arc

• Sea floor spreading

What plate boundary do you see?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Driving

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

When to continental boundaries converge they form _____________________________ on land.

• Trenches

• Mountains

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What layer is plastic-like and allows the crust to flow over it?

• Mantle

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

Which crust layer is denser than the other?

• Oceanic

• Continental