Plate Boundaries & Landforms

Where plates pull away from each other

• Transform Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

One plate is forced under another in a(n) ______.

• mid-ocean ridge

• subduction zone

• fault zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A(n) _____is an underwater mountain chain.

• mid-ocean ridge

• subduction zone

• fault zone

__________ are formed when two continental plates collide.

• Volcanoes

• Strike-slip faults

• Mountain ranges

• Rift valleys

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The ______ is(are) an example of a transform boundary.

• Appalachian Mountains

• Himalayas

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• San Andeas Fault

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• subducting

What would you most likely find at a convergent boundary between an oceanic and continental plate? (O-C)

• Trenches and Rift Valleys

• Trenches and Volcanoes

• Tornados

• Mid-Ocean Ridges

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What would you be most likely find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust? (O-O)

• Rift Valley

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Island Arc

• Deep Ocean Trench

What would you most likely find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust? (C-C)

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Mountain

• Rift Valley

• Island Arc

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1