Tectonic Plate Boundaries

Three Types of Plate Boundaries

• Transform (slide past)

• Convergent (collision)

• Divergent (pull apart)

• All the above

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Boundary between two colliding plates, often associated with mountain building, and volcanic eruptions

• plate boundary

• magma

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Example of divergent boundary between two continental plates.

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge (valley in the Atlantic Ocean)

• Andes Mountains (S. America)

• Himalayan Mountains

• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

formed by two continental plates colliding and forcing each other upwards during convergent boundary

• grassland

• mountain ranges

• snow

• trench

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary is this?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary is this?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary is this?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

New crust forms along a(n)

• subduction zone

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• transform boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

___________, meaning "all land," is the name of the great landmass that existed millions of years ago.

• lithosphere

• Pangaea

• subduction zone

• tectonic

• Wegener

____________ is the scientist credited with the theory of continental drift (which led to the theory of plate tectonics).

• lithosphere

• Pangaea

• subduction zone

• tectonic

• Wegener

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5