Plate Boundaries Fall 2025

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Transform
• Convergent
• Divergent
• Plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the only event associated with ALL plate boundaries?

• Volcanoes

• Earthquakes

• Subduction

• Deep Trenches

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

What two crustal features occur near every subduction zone?

• Volcanoes and Trenches

• Rift Valleys and Mid Ocean Ridges

• Volcanoes and Rift Valleys

• Mid Ocean Ridges and Trenches

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

The diagram shows a landform on Earth. How did the movement of Earth’s plates form the landform?

• Two oceanic plates slid past each other.

• Two continental plates collided.

• One continental plate slid past an oceanic plate.

• One continental plate subducted beneath an oceanic plate.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Use the diagram to answer the question. What results as the two oceanic plates converge?

• formation of a deep sea trench and island volcanoes

• earthquake activity and appearance of a transform fault

• volcanic eruption along both oceanic plate edges

• formation of a continental mountain range

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

A mid-ocean RIDGE is located at the boundary of two tectonic plates. Which diagram correctly models the relative plate motion on each side of a mid ocean ridge?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

In the Atlantic ocean, where is the youngest seafloor located?

• Towards the edges

• Youngest seafloor is in the middle of the ocean

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The letter B represents

• Subduction zone

• Trench

• Oceanic crust

• Island Volcano Arc

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3