Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics

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Flashcard

Science

8th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS2-2, HS-ESS1-5

+2

Standards-aligned

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What are ocean trenches?

Back

Deep, narrow depressions in the ocean floor formed at oceanic-continental boundaries where one tectonic plate is subducted beneath another.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the theory of Continental Drift?

Back

The theory that continents were once joined together in a supercontinent called Pangea and have since drifted apart to their current locations.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

How do tectonic plates move along transform boundaries?

Back

They move past one another horizontally.

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What are island arcs?

Back

Curved chains of volcanic islands that form at ocean-ocean convergent boundaries.

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What was the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago?

Back

Pangea.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What are the three main types of plate boundaries?

Back

Divergent, Convergent, and Transform boundaries.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What occurs at divergent boundaries?

Back

Tectonic plates move away from each other, leading to the formation of new oceanic crust.

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