Types of Tectonic Plates and Boundaries

The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Plate Boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Plate

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Transform

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Subduction zones occur on Earth where dense oceanic crust dives under more buoyant continental crust. These boundaries are characterized by a deep ocean trench next to a high continental mountain range, large numbers of earthquakes and volcanoes. All of this is further evidence for the

• big bang theory.

• theory of plate tectonics.

• origin of the species.

• theory of natural selection.
  

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Match the name of the plate boundary to the correct diagram.

a

b

c

Transform

Convergent

Divergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Name this plate boundary. (a)  

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• allegiant 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Match the type of boundary with the events

• No crust is created or destroyed

• Divergent

• Destroys crust

• Convergent

• Creates crust

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Based on the image, one of the boundaries between which plates is classified as transform? (a)  

• North American and Pacific

• South American and African

• Pacific and Indo-Australian

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Please label the plate tectonic diagram correctly

a

b

c

Transform boundary

Convergent boundary

Divergent boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Name the boundary type: (a)   (Remember you can click the picture to enlarge it.)

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3