Tectonic

Select all that are TRUE about Tectonic Plates.

• Mantle forms ridges

• Crust forms ridges

• Hot material sinks down

• Hot material moves up

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Select all that are TRUE about Divergent Boundary.

• Forms Pacific Ring of Fire

• Plates will move toward each other

• Plates will move away from each other

• Forms Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Select all that are TRUE about Convergent Boundary.

• Plates move in opposite direction

• Plates slide under each other

• Forms San Andrea Fault

• Forms Pacific Ring of Fire

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Match the following

• Convergent boundary

• process in which two lithospheric plates of different densities converge and the denser one sinks into the mantle beneath the other

• Divergent boundary

• A plate boundary where two tectonic plates move toward each other and collide

• Subduction

• A plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide horizontally past one another

• Transform boundary

• A plate boundary where two tectonic plates move apart from each other

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

According to the graph, how many kilometers from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge are rock samples that are 75 million years old? ​

​ (a)  

• 1,150 Km

• 3 Km

• 1,300 Km

• 800 Km

• 1,000 Km

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Match the following

• Plate boundary

• Boundary where two tectonic plates meet

• Continental crust

• • thicker, less dense, forms landmasses, composed mostly of granite, generally older than oceanic crust

• Oceanic crust

• thinner, more dense, located under oceans and seas, composed mostly of basalt, generally younger than continental crust

This image shows the formation of a mountain range. At this ​ (a)   plate boundary, colliding plates are a ​ (b)   .

• convergent

• constructive force

• destructive force

• force field

• divergent

• transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Label the parts of the plate boundary

a

b

c

Continental crust

Mountains

Subduction zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

​ (a)   the process by which rock material moves under Earth’s outer layer and into the mantle due to plate motion

• subduction

• uplift

• weathering

• sediment

Tags

ESS2.A

ESS2.C

ESS3.A

ESS3.C

Where is the Eurasian Plate located?

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3