Plate Tectonics Spanish

What type of event will occur at this boundary?

¿Qué tipo de evento ocurrirá en este límite?

• Earthquake

  Terremoto

• Volcano Eruption

  Erupción volcánica

• Tornado

• Mountain Building

  Edificio de montaña

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Match the following

• Convergent boundary

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

• Transform boundary

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

• Divergent boundary

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

• Subduction

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

Label the parts of the plate boundary

a

b

c

Continental crust

Mountains

Subduction zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

​ (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

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

a

b

c

d

e

Mid-ocean Ridge

convergent boundary

trench

old crust destroyed

new crust created

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Match the following

• Plate boundary

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

• Continental crust

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

• Oceanic crust

• Boundary where two tectonic plates meet

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

• 1,150 Km

• 3 Km

• 1,300 Km

• 800 Km

• 1,000 Km

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

According to the graph, rock samples found 700 km from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge are approximately ​​ ​ (a)   . Rocks found 300 Km from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge are ​​ (b)   .

• 45 million years old

• 20 million years old

• 70 million years old

• 30 million years old

• 60 million years old

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Label each plate boundary.

a

b

c

Divergent

Transform

Convergent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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