Tectonics

What type of plate boundary has plates that are sliding past each other?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Large pieces of the lithosphere are broken into ___.

• the mantle

• the asthenosphere

• tectonic plates

• magma

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What happens at a subduction zone?

• two plates slide past each other

• one plate is pulled down under another one

• two plates move apart

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

How much do tectonic plates move in a year?

• less than 1 inch

• about 1-2 feet

• 1-6 inches

• no one is really sure

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Plate tectonics explains the cause of ___.

• volcanoes

• earthquakes

• trenches

• all of these

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The San Andreas fault in California is a --- boundary.

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

A ____ boundary is very active. It can have mountains, experience earthquakes, and have volcanoes.

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the lithosphere?

• another name for Earth's crust

• the crust and uppermost part of the mantle

• another name for Earth's mantle

• the solid part of the mantle

convergent boundary

• 
• where two plates are moving toward each other

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Divergent boundary

• where two plates are moving away from each other

• may result in seafloor spreading

• 
• where two plates slide past each other