U3L3 Science Review

transform boundary

• Where 2 tectonic plates move toward each other and collide.

• Where 2 tectonic plates horizontally move past one another in opposite directions.

• Where 2 tectonic plates move away from each other.

shear stress

• transform plate boundary

• convergent plate boundary

• divergent plate boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The diagram below shows rock movement at a plate boundary. What type of stress is shown in the diagram?

• compression

• tension

• shear stress

• fault zone

The diagram below shows land that is being deformed at a plate boundary. What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• parallel

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What can cause a chain of volcanic islands to form far from plate boundaries? 

• rifting

• folding

• hot spots

• subduction

The diagram below shows rock that is being deformed by one type of stress. What type of stress is shown in the diagram?

• faulting

• tension

• shear stress

• compression

The diagram below shows rock movement at a plate boundary. What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• parallel

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

divergent boundary

• Where 2 tectonic plates move toward each other and collide.

• Where 2 tectonic plates horizontally move past one another in opposite directions.

• Where 2 tectonic plates move away from each other.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

On which type of plate would you find thinner, denser rock?

• oceanic plate

• continental plate

• lithospheric plate

• rocks on all plates have the same thickness and density

The diagram below shows rock movement at a plate boundary. What type of stress is shown in the diagram?

• tension

• compression

• shear stress

• faulting