Plate Motions Review

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What type of plate movement forms a mid-ocean ridge?

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Divergent

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What happens at a divergent plate boundary?

Back

Plates move away from each other, creating new oceanic crust.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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How do we describe the speed of an event?

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The rate.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

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What happens at a convergent plate boundary?

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Plates move towards each other, often causing one plate to be forced below another.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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What is a convergent boundary?

Back

A plate boundary where plates move towards each other.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

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What is a divergent boundary?

Back

A plate boundary where plates move away from each other.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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What is a transform boundary?

Back

A plate boundary where plates slide past each other.

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What geological feature is formed at a divergent boundary?

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Mid-ocean ridges.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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What geological feature is formed at a convergent boundary?

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Mountains or deep ocean trenches.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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What is the process of one plate sliding under another called?

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Subduction.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1