Plate Tectonics - RTI

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

Tectonic plates:

• can move towards each other

• can move away from each other

• can slide past each other

• None of these

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Match the boundary names to the locations with the arrows pointing the correct directions.

a

b

c

Divergent Boundary

Convergent Boundary

Transform Boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What geologic features are formed where subduction occurs at a convergent boundary?

Groups:

(a) Formed where Subduction Occurs

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(b) Does NOT form where subduction occurs

• Trenches

• Rift Valleys

• Volcanic Mountain Chains

• Mid-Ocean Ridges

• Volcanic Island Arcs

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Scientists use fossils as evidence of past plate motions. Based on the map above, what types of fossils can be used as evidence that South America and Africa were once part of one large supercontinent?

Groups:

(a) Evidence

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(b) NOT Evidence

• Lystrosaurus - a land reptile

• Mesosaurus - a freshwater reptile

• Glossopteris - a fern

• Cynognathus - a land reptile

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This is a map of the ocean floor. Which TWO places would have the newest crust?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What evidence did scientists use to develop the theories of continental drift and seafloor spreading, which led to the current theory of Plate Tectonics?

Groups:

(a) Evidence

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(b) NOT Evidence

• similar rock formations, mountains, and fossils are found on different continents

• some continents look like they fit together like a jigsaw puzzle

• magma oozes up to form underwater mountains where the sea-floor spreads apart

• glaciers currently present near the north pole

• ancient land-bridges currently covered by ocean

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Figure 2 shows the arrangements of continents and mountain ranges 200 million years ago. Draw two arrows that represent tectonic motion when the mountains were being formed.

a

b

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Three Boundaries are shown.

Sort the information into the proper categories.

Groups:

(a) Boundary 1

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(b) Boundary 2

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(c) Boundary 3

• Mountain Range Formed

• Plates slide past each other

• Divergent

• Plates move away from each other

• Fault formed (earthquakes)

• Transform

• Plate move toward each other

• Convergent

• Mid-ocean Ridge formed

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3