Plate Boundaries and Topographic Maps

What evidence did Wegener use in his theory?

• Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces

• glacier scars and evidence from temperature

• mountain ranges and coal deposits line up across continents

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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

• Earthquakes

• Volcanoes

• Mountains

• Rift Valleys

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

• Rift Valley

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Island Arc

• Flat land

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

• Volcano
• Mountain
• Rift
• Island Arc

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

A subduction zone is formed...

• when one tectonic plate sinks below another

• at every type of convergent plate boundary

• at every type of divergent plate boundary

• at transform boundaries

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

What would be the most likely way this coastline would change over time?

• A fire could destroy the vegetation

• The waves could erode the beach

• The beach would grow due to deposition

• The beach will disappear due to plate tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Energy from the Sun

• Magnetic Pole Reversal

• Convection currents in the mantle

• Faults in Mountain Ranges

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Determine the contour interval

• 10 m
• 20 m
• 50 m
• 100 m

What do contour lines that are farther apart represent?

• waterfall
• steep area
• gentle slope
• river

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• subducting

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3