Plate Boundaries

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Areas where hot mantle plumes push up through the lithospheric plates to create volcanic islands such as Hawaii.

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Hotspots

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

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The only type of crust that will subduct if two plates converge is...

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Oceanic

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

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What is the only event associated with ALL plate boundaries? Options: Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Subduction, Deep Trenches

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Earthquakes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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What is the only event associated with transform boundaries?

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Earthquakes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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What could form as a result of an earthquake at the bottom of the ocean floor?

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Tsunami

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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What is the 'magic' that is happening in the upper mantle that helps move the 'lithospheric plates'? Options: Convection, Subduction, Seafloor Spreading

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Convection

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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The process that occurs at a divergent oceanic boundary that creates new crust (sea floor) is called?

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Seafloor Spreading

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When two continental plates converge (collide), what type of crustal feature is formed?

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Folded Mountains

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

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A divergent boundary in the ocean creates what feature?

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Mid Ocean Ridge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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A divergent boundary on land creates what feature?

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Rift Valley

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2