Tectonic Plates Review

Plate 1

• Indo-Australian

• Pacific Plate

• South American

• Eurasian

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• submergent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?

• Earthquakes

• Volcanoes

• Mountains

• Rift Valleys

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Plate 2

• Indo-Australian Plate

• Pacific Plate

• South American Plate

• Eurasian Plate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which movement of plates will most likely result in the formation of an ocean basin?

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Mantle Boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• subducting

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Plate 3

• North American Plate

• South American Plate

• African Plate

• Eurasian Plate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• strike slip

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Plate movement is caused by _____

• The rotation of the Earth

• Ocean tides

• Convection current in the mantle

• The moon's gravity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Plate 4

• North American Plate

• African Plate

• Antarctic Plate

• Nazca Plate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3