Faults and Plate Boundaries

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

A subduction zone is formed...

• when one tectonic plate sinks below another

• at every type of convergent plate boundary

• at every type of divergent plate boundary

• at transform boundaries

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

The area where two or more plates meet is called a __________________.

• fault

• plate boundary

• plate edge

• ring of fire

Plates slide past one another at ____________ boundaries.

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• submergent

Most geologists think that the movement of Earth’s plates is caused by _______

• convection.

• continental drift.

• Earthquake

• conduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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-ESS2-3

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What type of fault is most associated with a transform boundary?

• strike-slip

• reverse

• normal

• convergent

Match the stress that corresponds to divergent boundaries

• compression

• tension

• shear

• magnetic

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1