Plate Tectonics

convergent boundary

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• where two plates are moving toward each other

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Divergent boundary

• where two plates are moving away from each other

• may result in seafloor spreading

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• where two plates slide past each other

What type of event will occur at this boundary?

• Earthquake
• Volcano Eruption
• Tornado
• Mountain Building

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The thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth.

• outer core

• inner core

• mantle

• crust

What is the source of energy that drives plate movement?

• the subducton of the sea floor

• the different densities of the oceanic and crustal plates

• convection currents in the asthenosphere

• the friction force between the plates that move past each other

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What kind of boundary is shown here?

• divergent

• transform

• convergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Tectonic plates can be made of continental crust or oceanic crust, or a combination of the two. Besides their locations, how else are these two kinds of crust different?

• Continental crust is thinner than oceanic crust.

• Continental crust is thicker than oceanic crust.

• Tectonic plates made of continental crust are larger than plates made of oceanic crust.

• Tectonic plates made of continental crust are smaller than plates made of oceanic crust.

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Transform
• Convergent
• Divergent
• Plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The edges formed by the collision of two plates.

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• subduction

• continental drift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of plate boundary is represented in the picture?

• Athensphere

• Divergent

• Transform

• Convergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3