(12/3) Layers of the Earth/ Types of Boundary

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

• convergent
• normal
• divergent
• transform

Tectonic Plate movement is caused by ______________.

• the rotation of the Earth

• ocean tides

• convection currents in the mantle

• the moon's gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary is formed when plates separate?

• convergent
• horizontal
• divergent
• transform

Earth's ______________________ is liquid.

• inner core

• outer core

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Energy from the sun

• Magnetic pole reversal

• Convection currents in the mantle

• Faults in mountain ranges

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What event will happen at a transform boundary?

• Mountains will form

• Volcanoes with form

• Mid-ocean ridges with form

• Earthquake

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

How is possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?

• Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created

• New crust is underwater where it sinks

• New crust breaks more easily than the old crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor is called ___________.

• Divergent boundary
• Sea-floor spreading
• Convergent boundary
• Renovating 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3