Plate Tectonics

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Slide/Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Slide/Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Name the boundary

• convergent
• transform
• divergent
• subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What boundary creates mountains?

• convergent
• divergent
• transform
• fast

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

A rift valley occurs at a ____________ boundary.

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• horizontal

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A trench forms at a _________ boundary.

• convergent
• divergent
• transform
• vertical

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is happening at point B?

• subduction
• a divergent boundary
• convection
• an earthquake

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?

• volcanoes
• deep sea trenches
• underwater mountain ranges
• earthquakes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is Pangea?

• the name of a German scientist

• the name of a supercontinent that existed millions of years ago

• another name for continental drift

• the name of an ancient fossil

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3