plate boundaries

What type of boundary is this?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

What type of boundary is this?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

What type of boundary is this?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The outermost, rigid layer of the earth, consisting of the earth's crust and upper part of the mantle is known as the ________________.

• lithosphere

• Pangaea

• subduction zone

• tectonic

• Wegener

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The point where one plate slides beneath another is known as the ______________.

• lithosphere

• Pangaea

• subduction zone

• tectonic

• Wegener

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

• Rift Valley
• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Island Arc
• Flat land

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Mountain
• Rift Valley
• Island Arc

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

• Volcano
• Mountain
• Rift
• Island Arc

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

A subduction zone is formed...

• when one tectonic plate sinks below another
• at every type of convergent plate boundary
• at every type of divergent plate boundary
• at transform boundaries

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

The area where two or more plates meet is called a __________________.

• fault
• plate boundary
• plate edge
• ring of fire