Plate Boundaries & Features

What is the force that moves the continents?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Conveyor belts

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What results when divergence occurs between two oceanic plates? (choose all that apply)

• a subduction zone/composite volcanoes

• seafloor spreading/new ocean crust

• an ocean trench

• rift valley

The process where dense oceanic crust slides under another plate and is melted/recylced is called ___________.

• seafloor spreading

• subduction

• continental drift

• recycling

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What descriptions match continental crust? (choose all that apply)

• Thicker

• Thinner

• less dense

• more dense

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• submergent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• strike slip

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• subducting

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?

• Earthquakes
• Volcanoes
• Mountains
• Rift Valleys

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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