Plate Tectonics Review

A ________ boundary occurs when plates move away from each other.

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Subduction

A ________ boundary occurs when plates slide past each other horizontally.

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Subduction

A ________ boundary occurs when plates move toward each other.

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Subduction

What causes tectonic plates to move?

• Earthquakes

• convection currents in the mantle

• magnetic fields

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Earth’s ________ is broken into tectonic plates:

• outer core

• inner core

• asthenosphere

• crust and upper mantle (lithosphere)

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following is the name given to the large supercontinent that was formed over 200 million years ago?

• Patagonia

• Pangaea

• Gondwana

• Greece

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which theory states that Earth’s surface is broken up into moving plates that move on top of the asthenosphere?

• plate tectonics

• continental drift

• Pangaea

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

New crust is created at this type of boundary as magma rises out of the gap between two tectonic plates.

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Subduction

Mountains are created at this type of boundary:

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Subduction

When pressure builds between two tectonic plates at a transform boundary, it can suddenly release causing:

• an earthquake

• Volcano

• convection current

• gravitational pull

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2