8th Science Plate Tectonics

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Scientists discovered that rocks from the Franklin Mountains in West Texas and eastern Antarctica are the same age and chemically/geologically identical. What does this evidence suggest?

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plate tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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Which statement best describes the geologic process responsible for the formation of mountains?

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They are along a plate boundary in which plates are currently converging, causing uplift and steep slopes.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

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Which type of tectonic activity forms rift valleys?

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Rift valleys form where two plates move away from each other.

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Relative motions of the Pacific and Nazca plates at a mid-ocean ridge off the western coast of South America.

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The Pacific plate is moving to the west, and the Nazca plate is moving to the east.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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The image shows a plate boundary with arrows indicating plate movement. What plate boundary feature is also shown?

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A fault forming at an active transform boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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What do the active volcanoes in the Caribbean Sea indicate about plate tectonics in the region?

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The volcanoes form an island arc, indicating a converging plate boundary.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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The diagram shows a model of the movement of two tectonic plates. When the plates collide, one plate often moves below the other plate. The rising magma that can result from this type of plate movement may produce-

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volcanic islands

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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The model below shows two continental plates. The folded mountains in this model form at which type of plate boundary?

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Convergent boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary.

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Divergent

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What is this image...

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San Andreas (Transform)

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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