Plates Tectonics

At divergent boundaries, tectonic plates...

• slide horizontally past each other in opposite directions

• move away from each other

• move toward each other

• None of the above.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Mountains form from....

• tectonic plates sliding past one another.

• collision of tectonic plates.

• tectonic plates moving away from each other.

• tectonic plates disappearing.

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Plate movement is caused by _____

• the rotation of the earth.

• ocean tides.

• convection currents in the mantle.

• the moon's gravity.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This is the driving force behind the movement of tectonic plates.

• mantle convection currents

• oceanic convection currents

• atmospheric convection currents

• solar convection currents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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

A land feature that is produced at a convergent boundary is:

• a rift valley.

• an ocean.

• a mid-ocean ridge.

• a volcano.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which type of plate boundary would cause mountains to form:

• Transform

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Reform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the name of the area where one crust slides underneath another?

• transform zone

• subduction zone

• divergent zone

• continental zone

Name the boundary:

• convergent

• transform

• divergent

• subduction

Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?

• volcanoes

• deep sea trenches

• underwater mountain ranges

• earthquakes

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