Plate

Two plates come together or collide at what boundary?

• destructive

• constructive

• conservative

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Two plates move apart at which boundary?

• constructive

• destructive

• conservative

Two plates slide past each other at what boundary?

• constructive

• destructive

• conservative

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

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

• constructive

• destructive

• Convergent Oceanic

• conservative

The process where oceanic crust slides under another plate and is melted is called ___________.

• seafloor spreading

• subduction

• continental drift

• recycling

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• constructive

• destructive

• conservative

• submergent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• constructive

• destructive

• conservative

• subducting

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• constructive

• destructive

• conservative

• strike slip

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by

• the rotation of the Earth.

• convection currents in the mantle

• the gravity of the iron-nickel core.

• the Moho discontinuity.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Observe this diagram of a plate boundary. One statement BEST describes what is happening. It is that

• the oceanic crust is melting.

• the denser ceanic crust is subducting under the less dense oceanic crust

• volcanic islands are forming.

• the tectonic plates are moving away from each other.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1