Plate Tectonics

What do Oceanic to Oceanic Boundaries form?

• Rivers

• Mountains and Rift Valleys

• Trenches and Volcanic Islands

• Trenches and volcanic mountains

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

At a divergent boundary, tectonic plates move in what way? 

• Tectonic plates move towards each other
• Tectonic plates slide past each other
• Tectonic plates move up and down
• Tectonic plates move away from each other

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

 A land feature that is produced at a convergent boundary is

• a valley
• an ocean
• a canyon
• a volcano

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Located on a major plate boundary, Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in  the world and is still growing. What type of boundary BEST explains the  increasing height of Mount Everest?

• A. divergent boundary where two continental plates are colliding

• B. convergent boundary where two continental plates are colliding

• C. divergent boundary where oceanic and continental plates are colliding

• D. convergent boundary where an oceanic and continental plates are colliding

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which type of plate boundary would cause mountains to form

• Transform
• Convergent
• Divergent
• Reform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Name the boundary

• convergent
• transform
• divergent
• subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?

• volcanoes
• deep sea trenches
• underwater mountain ranges
• earthquakes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which of the following statements BEST explains how the oceanic plate  converging with a continental plate creating volcanic mountains?

• A. both plates subducted

• B. neither plate subducted

• C. oceanic plate subducted

• D. continental plate subducted

Which student has the BEST explanation for the movement of tectonic plates?

• Student 1

• Student 2

• Student 3

• Student 4

A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

• Move away from each other
• Come together
• Slide past each other
• Slide beneath one another

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3