Mountains form from ...

plates sliding past one another

plates moving away from each other

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

Convection currents in the mantle

Mountains are created when....

An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate

Two continental plates pull apart

Which of the following occurs because of convection currents?

Tectonic plates on the crust move.

Pressure in the crust increases.

Pressure in the crust decreases.

Earth's plates are....

Constantly moving and changing the face of the Earth

Describe the most likely relationship between these mountains and nearby tectonic plates.

The mountains are probably located near the edge of 2 tectonic plates.

The mountains are probably formed by earthquakes

The mountains are probably formed by the movement of glaciers

The mountains are probably formed by running water.

This is the theory that states that all the continents started as a single massive continent and have been MOVING apart for over 200 million years and the man that proposed it.

The Continental Drift Theory, Wegner

The Tectonic Plate Theory, Darwin

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

Plate Boundaries

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The diagram shows a landform on Earth. How did the movement of Earth’s plates form the landform?

Two oceanic plates slid past each other.

Two continental plates collided.

One continental plate slid past an oceanic plate.

One continental plate subducted beneath an oceanic plate.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

divergent

convergent

transform

submergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?

Earthquakes

Volcanoes

Mountains

Rift Valleys

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When convergent plates collide, if both plates are pushed upward, this forms.

Fissures

Mountain Ranges

Volcanoes

Rock Cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?

Earthquakes

Volcanoes

Mountains

Rift Valleys

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Rift Valley

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Island Arc

Flat land

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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Plate Boundaries

36 questions

The diagram shows a landform on Earth. How did the movement of Earth’s plates form the landform?

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

What geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?

When convergent plates collide, if both plates are pushed upward, this forms.

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

What geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?

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

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

Name the boundary

Name the boundary

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