Plate

Two plates that move away from each other are..

• Divergent

• Converging

• Transforming

• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The theory of ______ states that the Earth is broken up into pieces that move because of convection currents that happen in the asthenosphere

• volcanoes

• sea floor spreading

• continental drift

• Plate tectonics

The diagram illustrates a strike slip fault. What is another name for a strike slip fault?

• convergent subduction boundary

• convergent collision boundary

• transform boundary

• divergent boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Where does the heat come from that drives this convection current in the mantle?

• The Crust

• The Core

• Mantle creates it's own heat

• Convection currents move themselves

Mountains are formed at ______ plate boundaries

• transform

• divergent

• convergent

• None of the above

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Convection currents in the Earth's ______ cause the lithosphere plates to move

• Crust

• Core

• Asthenosphere

• Land

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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

• seafloor spreading

• subduction

• continental drift

• recycling

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Tsunamis are formed from what two types of convergent boundaries?

• Continental-Continental

• Oceanic-Continental

• Oceanic-Oceanic

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The only type of crust that will subduct if two plates converge is...

• Oceanic

• Continental

What is the only event associated with ALL plate boundaries?

• Volcanoes

• Earthquakes

• Subduction

• Deep Trenches