Plate Tectonics

A ______ is a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying large slabs of continental and oceanic crust.

• wedge
• plate
• chunk
• fault

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which theory describes the motion of the force driving Earth's Plates?

• continental drift

• plate tectonics

• first law of motion

• third law of motion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Earth's plates meet at ____________.

• plate tectonics

• plate boundaries

• continental drift

• oceans

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

________________ currents drive Earth's plate movement.

• ocean

• atmosphere

• wind

• convection

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Plates slide apart along _____________ boundaries.

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• universal

The San Andreas fault is an example of which type of boundary?

• transform

• divergent

• convergent

• universal

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other is called

• Divergent Boundary
• Convergent Boundary
• Transform Boundary
• Subduction

A Plate Boundary where two plates move toward each other is called

• Convergent Boundary
• Divergent Boundary
• Transform Boundary
• Subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A __________ forms where plates diverge on land.

• rift valley

• mid-ocean ridge

• mountain

• trench

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced?

• Rift valley
• Deep-ocean trench
• Mid-ocean ridge
• Transform bounda

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3