Plate Tectonics & Landforms

The two types of crust are _______ and _______.

• oceanic, continental

• land, Pangaea

• continental, volcanic

• core, mantle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Oceanic crust is usually _____ dense than continental crust

• less

• more

Which city on the map is most likely to experience a major earthquake?

• Paris

• New York

• Juneau

• Rio de Janeiro

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

When this occurs, new crust is added to the ocean floor

• sea-floor spreading

• convergent boundary

• transform boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The "diving" of a dense plate underneath a less dense plate at a convergent boundary is known as:

• subtraction

• density

• volcanoes

• subduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

At this type of boundary, plates move away from each other

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

At this type of boundary, plates slide past each other

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

At this type of boundary, plates collide with each other

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of plate boundary is shown?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary is shown

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3