Mountains form from....

• Plates sliding past one another
• collision of plates
• plates moving away from each other
• none of these

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Earth's plates are....

• Constantly moving and changing the face of the Earth
• Never moved
• Move seldom and very fast
• move when they feel like it

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent?

• Supreme Continent
• Eurasia
• Plate tectonics
• Pangea

Most earthquakes tend to occur at which location?

• The central regions of very large continents

• Groups of islands farthest from any continents

• The boundaries between continents and oceans

• The steep slopes of the very oldest mountains

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Tectonic plates:

• can move towards each other

• can move away from each other

• can slide past each other

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What happens at a divergent boundary?

• Crust is destroyed

• Crust is created

• Crust is neither created nor destroyed

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Slide/Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Slide/Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Where does seafloor spreading take place?

• Convergent boundaries

• The continentals shelves

• Transform boundary

• Mid-ocean ridges