Plate boundaries!!

New crust forms along a(n)

• subduction zone

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• transform boundary

____________ is the scientist credited with the theory of continental drift (which led to the theory of plate tectonics).

• lithosphere

• Pangaea

• subduction zone

• tectonic

• Wegener

The outermost, rigid layer of the earth, consisting of the earth's crust and upper part of the mantle is known as the ________________.

• lithosphere

• Pangaea

• subduction zone

• tectonic

• Wegener

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• submergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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
• at transform boundaries

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Name the boundary

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• sergent boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

In which type of boundary do the plates move away from each other?

• convergent
• normal
• divergent
• transform

The area where two or more plates meet is called a __________________.

• fault
• plate boundary
• plate edge
• ring of fire

Mountains form from ...

• plates sliding past one another
• collision of plates
• plates moving away from each other

New oceanic crust (sea floor) is created at this boundary.

• Divergent Oceanic

• Divergent Continental

• Convergent Oceanic

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1