Tectonic Plate Movement Retake

Which of the plates on the map is the Eurasian Plate?

• A

• D

• G

• F

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A boundary where 2 tectonic plates are moving away from each other is known as what?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

If 2 continental plates converge with each other, what land feature will be formed?

• Mountains

• Valleys

• Trenches

• Volcanoes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is created at an oceanic-oceanic divergent plate boundary?

• Mountains

• Mid-ocean Ridge

• Earthquakes

• Rift Valley

Huge amounts of earthquakes are formed when two plates slide past each other. What kind of a plate boundary is this?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What 3 factors cause the Earth's plates to move?

• Mechanical Energy, Gravity, Rotation

• Gravity, Pressure, Convection

• Convection, Heat, Pressure

• Density, Convection, Gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Point C on this picture is a mid-ocean ridge. What direction are the plates moving at point C?

• Towards each other

• Away from each other

• Sideways to each other

• One up and one down

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

How do volcanoes transfer their energy?

• Flowing Magma

• Heat

• Seismic Waves

• Sound Waves

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

What is the Biosphere?

• The surface of the Earth

• The water on Earth

• The living things on Earth

• The air and weather on Earth

What type of plates must have come together to create the Aleutian Islands in Alaska?

• Oceanic-Continental

• Continental-Continental

• Oceanic-Oceanic

• Continental-Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2