Plate Boundaries

Tectonic Plate movement is caused by ______________.

• the rotation of the Earth

• ocean tides

• convection currents in the mantle

• the moon's gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

In which type of boundary do the plates move away from each other?

• convergent
• normal
• divergent
• transform

At which type of plate boundary does seafloor spreading occur?

• Tranform
• Convergent
• Divergent
• Subductive Zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• strike slip

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Reform

• Transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which correctly identifies the geologic process that formed the Himalayan mountains (The World's Tallest Mountains, including Mt. Everest)?

• Two continental plates converging

• An earthquake in a subduction zone

• A tectonic plate moving over a hot plate

• Movement at a transform fault boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What type of boundary is this?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of Boundary is this? What event will occur at this boundary?

• Transform / Earthquakes

• Subduction / Volcano Eruption

• Tornado / Rain

• Mountain Building / Volcanism

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The ancient continent that contained all the landmasses is called...

• Pangaea

• Gondwana

• Laurasia

• Panthalassa

The type of tectonic plate boundary involving a collision between two tectonic plates is...

• divergent

• transform

• convergent

• normal