Plate Boundaries

What type of plate boundary exists when plates come together and collide?

• transfer

• divergent

• convergent

• ridges

What plate boundary exists when plate pull away from each other?

• transform

• divergent

• convergent

• ridges

What type of boundary exists when plates slide past each other?

• transform

• divergent

• convergent

• ridges

Earthquakes are caused by what type of boundary?

• transform

• divergent

• convergent

• ridges

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which answer best displays the events and features caused by a divergent boundary?

• valleys only

• volcanoes and valleys

• volcanoes, valleys, trenches, sea floor spreading, mid-ocean ridges

• volcanoes, valleys, sea floor spreading, trenches

Which type of boundary produced the Andes Mountains?

• transform

• divergent

• convergent

• ridges

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What do we call the idea that the Earth's plates are always moving?

• plate boundaries

• plate tectonics

• dinner plates

• scientific plates

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What causes the plates to move?

• earthquakes

• volcanic activity

• conduction currents

• convection currents

Where do features like mountains and volcanoes form?

• along the coast

• along a mountain ridge

• along plate boundaries

• along the ocean

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Earthquakes tend to form along a _______________________.

• volcano

• roadside

• ocean crust

• fault line

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2