2.3 Plate Tectonics- Part 3

refers particularly to places where continental plates touch or have touched in the past. There are three types

• Seismic activity

• Pacific Ocean

• Plate boundary

• Transform plate boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Where are two plates moving away from each other and new crust is forming from magma that rises to the Earth's surface between the two plates?

• Convergent plate boundary

• Divergent plate boundary

• Rift valley

• Ring of Fire

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other is called? If the two plates are of equal density, they usually push up against each other, forming a mountain chain. If they are of unequal density, one plate usually sinks beneath the other in a subduction zone.

• Theory of Plate Tectonics

• Convergent Plate Boundary

• Transform Plate Boundary

• Divergent Plate Boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Locations where two plates slide past one another.

• Rift Valley

• Transform plate boundary

• Ring of Fire

• Divergent plate boundary

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

A lowland region forms where Earth’s tectonic plates move apart, or rift. These regions are found on land and at the bottom of the ocean, where they are created by the process of seafloor spreading.

• Rift valley

• Theory of plate tectonics

• Transform plate boundary

• Earthquakes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A string of volcanoes and sites of seismic activity, or earthquakes, are located around the edges of the Pacific Ocean.

• Subduction zone

• Earthquakes

• Ring of Fire

• Seismic activity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions?

• Atlantic Ocean

• Divergent plate boundary

• Pacific Ocean

• Plate boundary

What is the sudden shaking of the ground caused by the passage of seismic waves through Earth's rocks?

• Ring of Fire

• Earthquakes

• Theory of Plate Tectonics

• Convergent Plate Boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A scientific theory explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements. What is this theory called?

• Ring of Fire

• Plate Boundary

• Theory of Plate Tectonics

• Seismic Activity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3