Plate Tectonics

Who proposed the theory of plate tectonics?

• Robert Wagoner

• Mercedes Benz G-Wagon

• Alfred Wegener

• Andrew Washington

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Wegener hypothesized that at one time all the continents were once joined together in a single landmass that he named ​ (a)   .

• Pangea
• Panera
• Panama
• Pacific

Match the following boundaries with their definitions/examples:

• convergent boundary

• a place where two plates move past each other in opposite directions

• transform boundary

• the edges of tectonic plates

• rift valley

• occurs when a deep valley is formed along a divergent boundary that develops on land

• plate boundaries

• a place where two plates come together or collide

• divergent boundary

• two plates moving apart or dividing

Which of the following happens at a transform boundary?

• earthquake

• mountains

• rift valley

• ocean trench

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which of the following happens at a convergent boundary on land?

• earthquake

• mountains

• rift valley

• ocean trench

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of the following happens at a convergent boundary in the ocean?

• earthquake

• mountains

• rift valley

• ocean trench