Plate Tectonics Assignment

Which statement explains how convection currents affect the movement of plates?

• Gravity pulls one edge of a plate down into the mantle, which causes the rest of the plate to move as well.

• Heat from Earth’s interior causes lithospheric plates to collide at convergent plate boundaries, causing volcanoes.

• Heat from Earth’s interior causes currents of hot rising magma and cooler sinking magma to flow, moving the crust along with them.

• As convection currents drift across the oceans, they bring the pieces of Earth’s crust with them as the supercontinent breaks apart.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Use the drop-down menus to identify the labeled plates.

Label A

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Use the drop-down menus to identify the labeled plates.

Label B

Use the drop-down menus to identify the labeled plates.

Label c

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The image to the left shows Earth’s major plates. A geologist is studying a plate boundary indicated by the arrow.

Fill in the blank to complete the statement about the plate boundary.

This boundary is between the African Plate and the ____________ Plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Identify the types of convergent boundary at Label A.

• oceanic-oceanic

• oceanic-continental

• continental-continental

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Identify the types of convergent boundary at Label B.

• oceanic-oceanic

• oceanic-continental

• continental-continental

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Identify the types of convergent boundary at Label C.

• oceanic-oceanic

• oceanic-continental

• continental-continental

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The landform pictured here is most commonly formed at what type of plate boundary?

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

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Which landforms might you see at a divergent plate boundary? Check all that apply.

• mid-ocean ridge

• mountain range

• rift valley

• volcano

• island