Plate Tectonics

A large, giant supercontinent land mass is called

• continental drift

• plate tectonics

• pangaea

• oceanic crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Cracks or breaks in earth's crust where plates slip past each other

• subduction

• faults

• mid-ocean ridge

• san andreas

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Occurs when a less dense plate slides under a more dense plate

• tectonic plates

• subduction

• continental drift

• landmass

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of plate boundary is shown in the picture

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• faults

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Plates boundary where plates slide or move past each other

• divergent

• continental drift

• transform

• convergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The type of geological event that occurs under transform boundaries

• folded mountains

• earthquakes

• volcanoes

• tsunamis

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What plate boundary is shown in the picture?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• neither

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of plate boundary is shown in the picture?

• folded mountains

• transform

• convergent

• divergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following answer choice describes an ocean plate vs continental plate?

• creates trench or volcano

• creates earthquakes at subduction zones

• creates folded mountains or new land

• creates rift valleys

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Subduction occurs under which plate boundary?

• lithosphere

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3