Plate Tectonics Introduction

What is the driving force behind the movement of the tectonic plates?

• Gravity

• Convection

• Wave motion

• Seismic activity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

At a divergent boundary, tectonic plates move in what way? 

• Tectonic plates move towards each other

• Tectonic plates slide past each other

• Tectonic plates move up and down

• Tectonic plates move away from each other

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

How do the plates move along convergent boundaries?

• They move towards one another

• They move away from one another

• They move past one another

• One moves up and one moves down

A land feature that is produced at a convergent boundary is

• valley

• ocean

• canyon

• volcano

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Match the following

• Divergent boundary

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

• Subduction

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

• Convergent boundary

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

• Transform boundary

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This image shows the formation of a mountain range at this ​ (a)   plate boundary.

• convergent

• destructive force

• force field

• divergent

• transform

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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

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ESS2.A

ESS2.C

ESS3.A

ESS3.C

Label each plate boundary.

a

b

c

Convergent

Divergent

Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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

a

b

c

d

e

trench

convergent boundary

Mid-ocean Ridge

old crust destroyed

new crust created

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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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2