Plate Tectonics

The place where two plates come together is known as a _______

• transform boundary.

• divergent boundary.

• convergent boundary.

• rift valley.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The San Andreas Fault in California is known as an active earthquake area. What type of

boundary is it?

• Converging

• Diverging

• Transform

• Sea Floor Spreading

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Where would the oldest rock be found?

• L

• M

• N

• O

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

When two continental crusts push together at a convergent boundary, what do they create?

• earthquakes

• valleys

• sea-floor spreading

• mountains

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Why isn't one of the plates subducted when two continental crusts converge?

• The density is the same.

• One is more dense than the other.

• Their speeds are the same.

• One is less dense that the other.

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Energy from the Sun

• Magnetic Pole Reversal

• Convection currents in the mantle

• Faults in Mountain Ranges

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of event will occur at this boundary?

• Earthquake

• Volcano Eruption

• Tornado

• Mountain Building

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What geologic process formed the Himalayas?

• two continental plates converging

• an earthquake in a subduction zone

• a tectonic plate moving over a hot spot

• movement at a transform fault boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Los Angeles and San Francisco are cities on opposite sides of the San Andreas transform boundary. Suggest how both cities will be like at some point in future

• Furthest north and south apart than now
• At the same positions as today
• Drift apart away from the fault line
• Side by side somewhere between them now

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which type of crust is more dense?

• oceanic

• continental