Plate Tectonics Review

Name the boundary

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

Name the boundary

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Name the boundary

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

• Pull apart
• Come together
• Slide past each other
• subducting

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Mountains are created when....

• Two continental plates collide

• Two oceanic plates pull apart

• Two continental plates slide past one another

• Two continental plates pull apart

Which of the following occurs because of convection currents?

• Tectonic plates on the crust move.
• The mantle increases in size.
• Pressure in the crust increases.
• Pressure in the crust decreases.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What happens as a result of this type of plate movement?

• Mountain forms

• Mid-Ocean Ridge forms

• Earthquake occurs

• A volcano erupts