Divergent Plate Boundary

In which type of boundary do the plates move away from each other?

• convergent

• normal

• divergent

• transform

What type of boundary is formed when plates separate?

• convergent

• horizontal

• divergent

• transform

A boundary where two plates move away from each other.

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

• sergent boundary

At which type of plate boundary does seafloor spreading occur?

• Tranform

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Subductive Zone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Click on the likely location of a divergent boundary!

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Locate the divergent boundary.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of these events can ONLY happen on a DIVERGENT BOUNDARY?

• Rift Valley

• Mountain

• A peninsula

• An Insanely complex, long answer that you will click out of instinct. 

Rift Valleys and mid-ocean ridges are associated with...

• divergent boundaries

• transform boundaries

• convergent boundaries

• plate boundaries

A deep valley that forms along a divergent boundary.

• rift valley

• canyon 

• mid-ocean ridge

• ocean valley

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Reform

• Transform