Faults and Plate Boundaries

Match the stress with the fault and corresponding plate boundary - Given: convergent plate boundary (choose one stress & one fault)

• tension stress

• reverse fault

• compression stress

• shear stress

• normal fault

The the point beneath Earth's surface at which rock under stress breaks and triggers and earthquake is called:

• the P wave

• the seismograph

• the epicenter

• the focus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Cracks or breaks in earth's crust where plates slip past each other

• subduction

• faults

• mid-ocean ridge

• san andreas

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What plate boundary is shown in the picture?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• neither

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of plate boundary is shown in the picture?

• folded mountains

• transform

• convergent

• divergent

Plates that diverge or move apart from each other

• divergent

• transform

• convergent

• lithosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Continental plate collides with another continental plate creates

• volcanoes

• earthquake

• trench

• folded mountains

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Occurs when a less dense plate slides under a more dense plate

• tectonic plates

• subduction

• continental drift

• landmass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of plate boundary is shown in the picture

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• faults

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Plates boundary where plates slide or move past each other

• divergent

• continental drift

• transform

• convergent