11/17/2020 - Summarize

Tectonic Plate movement is caused by ______________.

• the rotation of the Earth

• ocean tides

• convection currents in the mantle

• the moon's gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

In which type of boundary do the plates move away from each other?

• convergent
• normal
• divergent
• transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the area where two tectonic plates meet called?

• collision
• mid-ocean ridge
• a boundry
• a rift zone

What type of boundary is formed when plates separate?

• convergent
• horizontal
• divergent
• transform

What are the two types of crust

• continental and oceanic
• ocean and upper
• lower and upper
• pizza and subway

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• strike slip

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary is this?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Which is true about hotter material in the mantle?

• more dense, sinks
• less dense, sinks
• less dense, rises
• more dense, rises

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

• Volcano
• Mountain
• Rift
• Island Arc

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1