St. 4a-Lvl-#1- Plate Boundaries

Two plates come together or collide at what boundary?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Two plates spread or move apart at what boundary?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Two plates slide past each other at what boundary?

• Covergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The process where oceanic crust slides under another plate and is melted is called ___________.

• seafloor spreading

• subduction

• continental drift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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

• Hot spots

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

The thin, outermost layer of the Earth is called the _______________________.

• crust

• lithosphere

• mantle

The outermost, rigid layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle is called ____________________________.

• crust

• convention currents

• lithosphere

A piece of the lithosphere that moves around on top the asthenosphere is called the

• asthenosphere

• tectonic plate

• subduction zone

The theory that the Earth's lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere is called ____________________________.

• The Subduction Zone Theory

• Sea Floor Spreading Theory

• The Plate Tectonic Theory

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A break in the Earth's crust along which two blocks of the crust slide relative to one another is called a _______________________.

• convection current

• fault

• hot spot