Openscied Plate Tectonics

Where are volcanoes most likely to form?

• along plate boundaries

• near the center of continents

• near water

• on the moon

What is an earthquake?

• When the earth causes an upward thrust in the epicenter.

• When the earth moves up and down along the ocean floor.

• When tectonic plates move against each other causing the earth to move. 

• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What would this type of plate movement create?

• Deep earthquakes with volcanoes above it in a line pattern.

• Shallow earthquakes with scattered volcanoes

• A ridge-like area.

• Nothing would happen

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What would this type of plate movement result in?

• A new ocean.

• A hole in the ground.

• Thin layers of crust. Possibly volcanoes.

• Mountains

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Drag the labels to the correct the locations on the diagram.

a

b

c

d

e

Mid-ocean Ridge

divergent boundary

convergent boundary

trench

slab pull

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Match the following

• Divergent boundary

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

• Transform boundary

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

• Convergent boundary

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

• Subduction

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Label each plate boundary.

a

b

c

Divergent

Convergent

Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Match the following

• Oceanic crust

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

• Plate boundary

• Boundary where two tectonic plates meet

• Continental crust

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

​ (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

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ESS2.A

ESS2.C

ESS3.A

ESS3.C

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2