Tectonic Plate Boundaries Makeup

Which events are most common along tectonic plate boundaries?

• erosion and earthquakes

• hurricanes and tsunamis

• earthquakes and volcanoes

• tidal waves and volcanoes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Check the box of the Boundary that represents a convergent boundary.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Check the box of the boundary that represents a divergent boundary.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Check the box of the boundary that represents a transform boundary.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is name for the super-continent?

• North America

• Pangaea

• Africa

• The Ring of Fire

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Identical rock types, identical fossils, and very similar mountain ranges are found on different continents that are separated by a wide ocean. Which of these best explains these observations?

• Organisms traveled between these continents on land bridges.

• The same forces erode mountains in different locations.

• These continents were joined together at one time in the past.

• Some rock types are very common and are found everywhere.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary has plates that slide past each other?

• convergent

• transform

• divergent

• tension

What landform forms at convergent ocean plate boundaries?

• ridges

• trenches

• valleys

• mountains

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Mark is graphing data collected from satellite images. He notices that a rift valley in the Red Sea keeps getting larger. What type of plate boundary is he mapping?

• transform boundary

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• collision boundary

Where are the tectonic plates located?

• outer core

• lithosphere

• mesosphere

• asthenosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3