Plate Boundaries

This type of plate boundary consists of two continental plates moving toward one another in a collision.

• convergent subduction

• continental convergent

• divergent

• transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This type of plate boundary consists of two plates sliding past one another in opposite directions.

• convergent subduction

• continental convergent

• divergent

• transform

This type of plate boundary consists of two plates moving away from one another.

• convergent subduction

• continental convergent

• divergent

• transform

This type of plate boundary consists of an oceanic plate sliding under a continental plate.

• convergent subduction

• continental convergent

• divergent

• transform

Subduction occurs when...

• a less dense oceanic plate slides under a more dense continental plate

• a more dense oceanic plate slides under a less dense continental plate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Features that are present at a continental convergent boundary include... (choose 2)

• mountains

• volcanoes (including volcanic vents)

• trenches

• earthquakes

• rift valleys

Features that are present at a convergent subduction boundary include... (choose 3)

• mountains

• volcanoes (including volcanic vents)

• trenches

• earthquakes

• rift valleys

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Features that are present at divergent boundaries include... (choose 3)

• mountains

• volcanoes (including volcanic vents)

• trenches

• earthquakes

• rift valleys

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Features that are present at transform boundaries include... (choose 1)

• mountains

• volcanoes

• trenches

• earthquakes

• rift valleys

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What type of plate boundary formed Hawaii?

• convergent subduction

• continental convergent

• divergent

• transform

• trick question: Hawaii wasn't formed by a plate boundary. It was formed by a hotspot.