8.9B Plate Tectonic Review

A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other is called

• Divergent Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Subduction

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A Plate Boundary where two plates move toward each other is called

• Convergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Subduction

 

Convergent Plate Movement can create

• Rifts

• Mountains

• Ocean Ridges

• Radiation

Divergent Plate movement can create

• Convection Currents

• Conduction

• Mountains

• Rifts and Ocean Ridges

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

When pressure builds between two tectonic plates, it can suddenly release causing a (an) ______________________

• Earthquake

• Volcano

• Convection Current

• Gravitational Pull

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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Created by a divergent boundary.

• Rock Mountains

• Mariana Trench

• Mid Atlantic Ridge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

 

Mountains form from ...

• plates sliding past one another

• collision of plates

• plates moving away from each other

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

During sea floor spreading, molten material rises up from the mantle...

• along the continents

• at the mid ocean ridges

• deep ocean trenches

• at north and south poles

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?

• submarine zone

• divergence zone

• subduction zone

• lower zone

A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other is called

• Divergent Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Subduction