Plate Boundaries

At a divergent plate boundary, the plates are...

• Spreading apart

• Moving towards each other

• Sliding past each other

• Crumpling upward

At which type of plate boundary are the plates SLIDING PAST each other?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• All of the above

Mid-ocean ridges form from magma rising and cooling at...

• Transform plate boundaries

• Convergent plate boundaries

• Divergent plate boundaries

• None of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The process of one plate being pulled beneath another plate is called....

• Mountain formation

• An earthquake

• Subduction

• Trench

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A region where lithospheric plates move TOWARD each other is a...

• Transform plate boundary

• Convergent plate boundary

• Divergent plate boundary

A deep, narrow depression in the seafloor is called a...

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Subduction

• Ridge

• Trench

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

True or false? Mountains can form at convergent plate boundaries.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Hawaii is not near a plate boundary because it was formed by a...

• Hot spot

• Earthquake

• Volcanic eruption

• Tsunami

Hawaii was formed when hot magma from the ________ rose to the crust and broke through.

• Core

• Outer core

• Mantle

• Crust

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

New lithosphere is formed at which types of plate boundaries?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5