Plate Tectonics

The place where two plates come together is known as a _______

• transform boundary.

• divergent boundary.

• convergent boundary.

• rift valley.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is Pangaea?

• the name of a German scientist
• the name of the super-continent that existed millions of years ago
• another name for continental drift
• the name of an ancient fossil

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What are the two types of crust?

• continental and oceanic
• ocean and basin
• lower and upper
• thick and thin

_____________ is a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.

• Convergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Insurgent boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A _____________ is when two plates move past each other in opposite directions.

• emergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

• convergent boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This feature can be found along a divergent boundary

• mid-ocean ridge

• folded mountains

• deep sea trench

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Subduction means.....

• one plate goes under another plate

• two plates slide past each other

• two plate collide and form folded mountains

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The process that causes the tectonic plates to move is called.....

• subduction

• transform

• convection currents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which explains that the continents were once joined together and over time they broke up and then drifted apart?

• Plate Tectonic Theory
• Continental Drift 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of these explains that Earth's outer layer is broken into large slowly moving pieces? 

• Plate Tectonic Theory
• Continental Drift 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3