Plate Tectonics

What type of boundary is where two plates collide?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

What forms when two continental crusts converge?

• trench

• mid-ocean ridge

• rift valley

• mountains

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What forms when two oceanic crusts converge?

• mid-ocean ridge

• mountains

• rift valley

• island archipelago

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What landform is created when an oceanic and continental plate collide?

• mid-ocean ridge

• rift valley

• coastal mountains

• island archipelago

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary is shown here?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is created when two oceanic plates are diverging?

• trench

• mid-ocean ridge

• mountains

• rift valley

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is created when two continental crusts diverge?

• mid-ocean ridge

• trench

• mountains

• rift valley

What type of boundary is where two plates slide past each other in opposite directions?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

What commonly occurs along transform boundaries?

• earthquakes

• volcanoes

• trenches

• seafloor spreading

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Earthquakes and volcanoes occur along

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3