Earth History Vocab

Earth's plates meet at ____________.

• plate tectonics

• plate boundaries

• continental drift

• oceans

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A break in the earth crust is called a ___________.

• fault

• mountain

• trenches

• valley

When plates slide past each other, this is called a _________ boundary.

• transform

• convergent

• divergent

• subduction

____________ current are responsible for the movement of Earth's plates.

• convection

• atmospheric

• ocean

• wind

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The San Andreas fault is an example of which type of boundary?

• transform

• convergent

• divergent

• subduction

Which feature is created by convergent boundaries?

• mountain

• trench

• valley

• ridges

The cold and rigid outermost layer rock layer is called the ____________.

• lithosphere

• atmosphere

• asthenosphere

What are the two types of convergent boundary plates?

• oceanic

• continental

• dessert

• plane

Which of the following is NOT a correct boundary type?

• ocean-ocean

• ocean-continent

• continent-continent

• subduction- convergent

Earthquakes are/is . . .

• the vibrations in the ground that result from movements along breaks in Earth's lithosphere.

• energy that travels as vibrations on and in earth.

• a break in the earths lithosphere that moves towards each other.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2