GPMS Plate Tectonics Review

What feature is occurring at location B?

• Subduction Zone

• Ocean Ridge

• Convection Currents

• Hot Spot

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Where is sea floor spreading creating new crust?

• A

• B

• C

• No where

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

At location A, what is happening as the two plates collide?

• The denser oceanic crust is subducting under the continental crust, where it is melted and forms lava.

• The plate is moving over a hot spot, forming an island chain.

• The denser continental crust is subducting under the oceanic crust, where it is melted and forms lava.

• The continental crust is heating up and melting to form the magma for the volcanoes.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What type of boundary is occurring at A?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary is occurring at B?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which diagram shows subduction at a convergent boundary?

• A

• B

• C

• All of them.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What causes the plates to move?

• Earth's rotation spinning the continents.

• Ocean currents pushing the land.

• The wind in the atmosphere.

• Convection currents in the mantle.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which types of crusts have formed the volcanic Andes Mountains of South America?

• Two continental crusts that have collided to form the folded mountains.

• One oceanic crust and one continental crust converge. The continental crust subducts to melt, forms into magma and erupts.

• One continental crust and one oceanic crust slide past each other to form the volcanic mountains.

• One continental crust and one oceanic crust converge. The oceanic crust subducts to melt, forms into magma and erupts.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is occurring for the Himalayan Mountain Range to form?

• Two continental plates (India and Asia) are colliding and pushing the Earth upwards.

• A transform boundary is causing parts of California to have severe Earthquakes.

• An oceanic plate is colliding with an oceanic plate. The oceanic plates are subducting causing magma to form.

• A divergent boundary is creating a rift valley.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which layer of the Earth has convection currents?

• Inner Core

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1