Divergent Plate Boundaries

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• subducting

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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 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

In which type of boundary do the plates move away from each other?

• convergent
• normal
• divergent
• transform

The area where two or more plates meet is called a __________________.

• fault
• plate boundary
• plate edge
• ring of fire

What occurs between two oceanic plates at a divergent boundary?

• rift valley

• sea floor spreading

• volcanic mountain range

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Oceanic crust is

• Younger and less dense than continental crust
• Thinner, younger and more dense than continental crust
• Older, thicker and less dense that continental crust
• Bigger and younger than continental crust

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The outermost, rigid layer of the earth, consisting of the earth's crust and upper part of the mantle is known as the ________________.

• lithosphere

• Pangaea

• subduction zone

• tectonic

• Wegener

What is the source of energy that drives plate movement?

• the subducton of the sea floor

• the different densities of the oceanic and crustal plates

• convection currents in the asthenosphere

• the friction force between the plates that move past each other

Continental plates are ______ dense and ________ than ocean plates.

• more; thinner

• more; thicker

• less; thinner

• less; thicker