Convergent Plate Boundaries

What is the process of one plate sliding under another?

• Convection

• Subduction

• Convergent

• Conduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which type of crust is the overriding crust?

• Oceanic Crust

• Continental Crust

Why does oceanic crust always subduct?

• Its more dense than continental crust

• Its less dense than continental crust

Convergent plate boundaries occur when crustal plates...

• Come together

• Move apart

• Slide side by side

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following convections cells show a convergent plate boundary?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A trench is a characteristic of what type of plate boundary?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Massive earthquakes with huge magnitudes are found at what type of plate boundary? These earthquakes tend to be very deep!!

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

This type of plate boundary has the worlds most dangerous volcanoes either on land or in the water. These volcanoes are fed from the melting subducting plate. What type of plate boundary?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Crust at a Convergent Plate Boundary is....

• Created

• Destroyed

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

India was its own landmass when it broke from Pangaea. It has been on a head on collision with the Eurasian plate for over 70 million years. This is a continent to continent convergent boundary. What mountain range is at the northern part of India?

• Himalayas

• Andes

• Alps

• Adirondacks

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3