Plate Tectonics Theory

What type of plate boundary is shown in the picture?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of plate boundary is shown in the picture?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of plate boundary is shown in the picture?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What geologic event would most likely be found at a transform boundary?

• Volcano

• Mountain

• Earthquake

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What landform would you most likely find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

• Rift Valley

• Mountain

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Volcano

What landform would you most likely find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Rift Valley

• Mountain

• Volcano

What landform would you most likely find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Oceanic Trench

• Mountain

• Volcano

What landform would you most likely find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

• Rift Valley

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Mountain

• Ocean Trench

When one tectonic plate sinks under another, this is called...

• Convegent

• Divergent

• Subduction

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Plate movement is caused by ____________.

• the rotation of the Earth

• convection currents in the mantle

• ocean tides

• the moon's gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3