Plate Tectonics Review

Which layer has convection currents?

• inner core

• crust

• outer core

• mantle

Whenever a subduction zone is formed a ______ is formed.

• Mountain

• Volcano

• Rift

• Island Arc

Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?

• volcanoes

• deep sea trenches

• underwater mountain ranges

• faults

When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct (go under)?

• oceanic

• continental

• neither

• both

What is the force that moves the continents?

• Human Activity

• Convection Currents

• Conveyor Belts

• Scrat the Squirrel from Ice Age

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Where does the heat come from that creates convection currents in the mantle?

What does the theory of continental drift state?

What type of event will occur at this boundary?

• Earthquake
• Volcano Eruption
• Tornado
• Mountain Building

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

As you travel toward the inner core, how would temperature and density of the material change?

What type of plate boundary might be responsible for this range of mountains?

• diverging tectonic plates

• erosion of the land by the ocean

• converging tectonic plates

• deposition of sediments by the ocean