Plate Tectonics Task Cards

What geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?

• Earthquakes

• Volcanoes

• Mountains

• Rift Valleys

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Plates slide past one another at ____________ boundaries.

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• submergent

Below is a picture of sea-floor spreading. How are the ocean crusts moving?

• Converging

• Diverging

• Sliding

• No movement

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

There are three types of plate boundaries. Which choice is NOT a type of plate boundary?

• convergent

• thrust

• divergent

• transform

Where do we get new crust forming?

• Mid Ocean Ridges

• Trenches

• Earthquakes

• Subduction zones

Who is the person created with developing the theory of continental drift?

• Harry Hess

• Galileo

• Alfred Wegener

• Obama

Card 8

• The Earth’s crust is separated into sections called plates. The plates are slowly drifting across the Earth’s surface

• The Earth’s crust is separated into sections called bowls. The bowls are slowly drifting across the Earth’s surface

• The Earth's crust is all connected.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Card 10

• Pangea

• Super Earth

• Panera

• Panama

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Card 13

• Plate Boundary

• Plate Area

• Mountains

• Volcanos

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Card 14

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Subduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3