Plate Tectonics Map Assessment Review

Read the Map

What do these arrows explain about the plate boundaries?

• The 2 plates are converging.

• The 2 plates are diverging.

• The 2 plates are sliding past one another (transform).

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Read the Map

What do these arrows explain about the plate boundaries?

• The 2 plates are converging.

• The 2 plates are diverging.

• The 2 plates are sliding past one another (transform).

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Read the Map

What do these arrows explain about the plate boundaries?

• The 2 plates are converging.

• The 2 plates are diverging.

• The 2 plates are sliding past one another (transform).

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which example is a convergent boundary?

• South American and African

• Eurasian and Indian

• Pacific and North American

• Arabian and African

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which example is a transform boundary?

• South American and African

• Eurasian and Indian

• Pacific and North American

• Arabian and African

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which example is a divergent boundary?

• South American and African

• Eurasian and Indian

• Pacific and North American

• Arabian and African

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What geological feature would an oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary create?

• volcanic mountains

• non-volcanic mountains

• volcanic islands

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

What geological feature would an oceanic-continental convergent boundary create?

• volcanic mountains

• non-volcanic mountains

• volcanic islands

What geological feature would an continental-continental convergent boundary create?

• volcanic mountains

• non-volcanic mountains

• volcanic islands

When one plate forces it's way under another plate.

• convection

• subduction

• boundaries

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3