Do Now - 12/11 - Tectonic PLates

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Mountain
• Rift Valley
• Island Arc

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

• Rift Valley
• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Island Arc
• Flat land

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• strike slip

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The only type of crust that will subduct if two plates converge is...

• Oceanic

• Continental

Who proposed the Continental Drift Theory?

• Harry Hess

• Alfred Wegener

• Alfred Hess

• None of the above

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

What did Harry Hess measure when he was in the navy?

• volcanoes around the world

• the surface of the ocean floor

• how deep the ocean goes

• submarines in the ocean

What two crustal features occur near every subduction zone?

• Volcanoes and Trenches

• Rift Valleys and Mid Ocean Ridges

• Volcanoes and Rift Valleys

• Mid Ocean Ridges and Trenches

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

New oceanic crust (sea floor) is created at this boundary.

• Divergent Oceanic

• Divergent Continental

• Convergent Oceanic

• Transform