Plate Boundaries

What happens at a divergent boundary?

• Convection currents in the mantle cause plates to move apart. Magma rises to fill in the gap. The magma cools and hardens to create new crust.

• Convection currents in the crust cause plates to move apart. Magma rises to fill in the gap. The magma cools and hardens to create new crust.

• Convection currents in the mantle cause plates to push together. As one plate sinks beneath the other.

• Convection currents in the mantle cause the plates to move past each other.

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A trench is located at...

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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Oceanic crust is located at...

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Location D shows

• Oceanic crust

• mid-ocean ridge

• convection currents

• Continental crust

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At what type of boundary is new crust created?

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

• the crust is not created or destroyed

At what type of boundary are there subduction zones?

• convergent boundaries

• divergent boundaries

• transform boundaries

• none of these

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What type of boundary is this?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

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What type of boundary is this?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

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What type of boundary is this?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

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What is most likely to happen at a plate Boundary where plates are sliding past each other?

• Mountains

• Earthquakes

• Volcanoes

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