Plate Boundaries

What type of boundary is this?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary is this?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary is this?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Two plates scrape and slide past each other at

• convergent boundaries

• divergent boundaries

• transform boundaries

• magnetic boundaries

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

New crust forms along a(n)

• subduction zone

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• transform boundary

Tags

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

A __________ plate is a large slab of crust and upper mantle that moves over the earth's surface.

• lithosphere

• Pangaea

• subduction zone

• tectonic

• Wegener

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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

• lithosphere

• Pangaea

• subduction zone

• tectonic

• Wegener

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

The outermost, rigid layer of the earth, consisting of the earth's crust and upper part of the mantle is known as the ________________.

• lithosphere

• Pangaea

• subduction zone

• tectonic

• Wegener

The point where one plate slides beneath another is known as the ______________.

• lithosphere

• Pangaea

• subduction zone

• tectonic

• Wegener

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3