Plate Tectonic Boundaries & Landforms

There are several smaller plates that cover Earth. How many large plates are there?

• 1

• 7

• 20

• 14

What do tectonic plates move or slide over? (This is also known as the top part of the mantle)

• lithosphere

• asthenosphere

• crust

• mesosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The asthenosphere is unevenly heated by Earth’s _______.

• core

• crust

• lithosphere

• mantle

This uneven heating happening from inside earth causes the tectonic plates to ____________.

• stop

• move

• crash

• drive

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Tectonic plates can move towards each other, move away from each other or slide past each other.

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

When plate move away from each other, new _________ is created.

• asthenosphere

• core

• lithosphere

• mantle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Two tectonic plates move towards each other at a _________ boundary.

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

A convergent boundary is also called a ___________boundary because one plate is slowly destroyed at the boundary.

• constructive

• destructive

• conservative

• destroying

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

At a convergent boundary, the __________ plate subducts or moves below the other plate.

• denser

• less dense

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Two tectonic plates move away from each other at a ___________ boundary.

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

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