Plate Tectonics Review

Which of the following is NOT true of tectonic plates?

• They are always moving.

• They are not disappearing.

• They do not move.

• They can be found underneath continents and/or oceans.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What drives the movement of the tectonic plates?

• Batteries

• the Sun

• Convection currents

• Earthquakes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary is this?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Not a boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of plate boundaries COME TOGETHER?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Convection

What type of plate boundaries SLIDE AGAINST each other?

• Convergent

• Convection

• Divergent

• Transform

What type of plate boundaries MOVE AWAY from each other?

• Convection

• Transform

• Divergent

• Convergent

Divergent

• Plates are pulled apart.

• Plates push together.

• Plates slide past each other.

• Plates slide over a magma plume.

A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. (Divide)

• Divergent boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Subduction

• Transform boundary

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Transform

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Seafloor Spreading

Which of the following is a convergent boundary?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3