Pop Quiz: Types of Boundary

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Where is Earth's crust being subducted and destroyed in the Earth's mantle

• Transfrom
• Divergent
• Convergent

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Which type of boundary is known for causing big earthquakes?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• subduction

This usually forms at a convergent boundary between two oceanic plates.

• Mountain

• mid-ocean ridge

• Rift

• trench

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• strike slip

Continental crust and continental crust come toward each other at a convergent plate boundary.  This will likely form...

• a trench
• mountains
• volcano
• mid-ocean ridge 

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What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• strike slip

What would you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?

• Earthquakes
• Volcanoes
• Mountains
• Rift

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When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct? 

• oceanic
• continental
• neither
• both

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According to Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift, 

• Earth's surface is made up of seven major landmasses
• the continents DO NOT move
• Earth is slowly cooling and shrinking
• the continents were once joined together in a single landmass

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