Tectonic Plate Boundaries

Circular currents in the mantle caused by the magma being heated by the core off the Earth.

• convection currents

• lava

• magma

• hot air

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

When two tectonic plates are moving away from each other and magma comes up to create new crust, the boundary between them is called...

• Divergent boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Boundary between two colliding plates (plates are moving toward each other), often associated with mountain building, ocean trenches and volcanic islands

• Divergent boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Example of divergent boundary between two continental plates.

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge (Atlantic Ocean)

• Andes Mountains (S. America)

• East Africa Rift Valley

• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

When two tectonic plates slide past each other, neither crashing together, nor pulling apart, the boundary between them is called...

• Divergent boundary
• Convergent boundary
• Transform boundary
• Subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Sometimes, when two tectonic plates collide, one is pushed below the other; this action at the convergent boundary is called...

• Divergent boundary
• Convergent boundary
• Transform boundary
• Subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Formed by two continental plates colliding and forcing each other upwards during convergence at a boundary

• grassland

• mountain ranges

• snow

• trench

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Three Types of Plate Boundaries

• Transform (slide past)

• Convergent (collision)

• Divergent (pull apart)

• All the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3