Tectonic Plates

Select all that are TRUE about Continental Drift.

• Supercontinent was known as Continental Ridge

• Supercontinent was known as Pangaea

• Pangaea was the area between continents

• Continental Ridge was the area between continents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Select all that are TRUE about Tectonic Plates.

• Mantle forms ridges

• Crust forms ridges

• Hot material sinks down

• Hot material moves up

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Select all that are TRUE about Tectonic Plates.

• Creates Divided Boundary

• Creates Divergent Boundary

• Creates Convergent Boundary

• Creates Concave Boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Select all that are TRUE about Divergent Boundary.

• Forms Pacific Ring of Fire

• Plates will move toward each other

• Plates will move away from each other

• Forms Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Select all that are TRUE about Transform Boundary.

• Plates move in opposite direction

• Plates move in same direction

• Forms San Andrea Fault

• Forms Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Select all that are TRUE about Convergent Boundary.

• Plates move in opposite direction

• Plates slide under each other

• Forms San Andrea Fault

• Forms Pacific Ring of Fire

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Select all that are TRUE about Convergent Boundary.

• Volcanoes form when the oceanic crust sinks

• Mountains form when the oceanic curst sinks

• Volcanoes form when both crusts are continental

• Mountains form when both crusts are continental

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Select all that are TRUE about Subduction.

• Only seen in divergent boundary

• Only seen in convergent boundary

• Occurs when a plate slides underneath

• Occurs when a plate slides against another

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Continental Drift Theory states that all the continents were once part of a supercontinent called ______________.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

_______________ are part of the lithosphere, create land, and move by convection currents.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1