Tectonic Ring of Fire

What s driving the movement of the tectonic plates?

• Gravity

• Tides caused by lunar activity

• Convection currents deep in the mantle

• A giant turtle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• subducting

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A subduction zone is formed...

• when one tectonic plate sinks below another

• hotspots

• at every type of divergent plate boundary

• at transform boundaries

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• strike slip

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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 convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

• Volcano
• Mountain
• Rift
• Island Arc

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

The process by which one plate is forced under another

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

• Subduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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

• convergent
• normal
• divergent
• transform

Plates move towards one another at ______________ boundaries.

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• detergent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The area around the pacific plate where boundaries form is called...

• death ring
• fire zone
• ring of fire
• zone of fire

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2