TECTONIC PLATES REVIEW

What happens when two tectonic plates move away from each other?

• Crust is created

• Crust is destroyed

• Crust is neither created or desroyed

• None

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is Earth's lithosphere?

• Large slabs of rocks that cover Earth

• A large slab of magma

• A rigid continuous layer of rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is a plate boundary that moves away from each other called?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is a plate boundary that moves toward each other called?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

What is a plate boundary slides past eachother?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

What type of plate boundary is known as a conservative plate boundary

• Transform

• Divergent

• Convergent

• None

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

What landform forms at a convergent boundary?

• Mountains

• Ridges

• Trenches

How is new crust formed?

• Plates move away from each other and magma fills and cools in the gaps

• Plates collide into eachother

• Plates slide past each other and cause disturbances

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is a deep valley called between most mountains and ocean ridges?

• Canyon

• Volcano

• Rift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Why do tectonic plates move?

• Convection currents in the asthenosphere and uneven heating

• Earths rotation

• Coontinets are slowly growing

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3