Plate Boundaries Review

The majority of Earth’s earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain building (the action) occur along...

• Hot spots

• Plate boundaries

• Chains of islands

• Lines of longitude

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

     What is the driving force behind plate tectonics movement?

• The gravitational pull of the moon

• Solar energy from the sun

• The movement of ocean currents

• Convection currents transferring heat from the core

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is important when determining what will happen when two plates collide?

• The size of the plates

• The magnetism preserved within the rocks

• The density of the plates

• The length of the boundary

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Where is oceanic crust being destroyed?

• along the rift valley

• at trenches

• along mid-ocean ridges

• in the middle of an oceanic plate

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

What process creates volcanic mountains?

• The more dense subducting plate melts and the less dense magma rises to the surface.

• The less dense subducting plate melts and the more dense magma rises to the surface.

What occurs at a transform plate boundary?

• Two plates collide and crumple upward.

• Two plates slide past one another horizontally.

• Oceanic crust collides with continental crust.

• Magma rises to the surface and forms a mid-ocean ridge.

What is a product of a Divergent Oceanic - Oceanic Boundary?

• Rift

• Volcanic Mountain Chain on the coast of a continent

• Island Arc

• Off-set features

What is a product of a Convergent Oceanic - Continental Boundary?

• Rift

• Volcanic Mountain Chain on the coast of a continent

• Island Arc

• Off-set features

What is a product of a Transform Boundary?

• Rift

• Volcanic Mountain Chain on the coast of a continent

• Island Arc

• Off-set features

What is a product of a Hot Spot?

• Mountains

• Rift Valley

• Chain of dormant (dead) Volcanoes in a straight line