Plate Boundaries - 10TH GRADE (FIRST QUARTER)

Plates move apart at __________ boundaries.

Plates slide past each other at ________________.

The boundary between two plates moving toward each other is called a _________.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Seafloor spreading is located at _________________________.

Plate Tectonic Theory states that continents have moved ________ to their current location.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The East African Rift is an example of a _____________.

• mid-ocean ridge

• rift valley

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The Himalayan mountain range of India was formed at the __________.

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Philippine plate moves toward __________.

• Australian plate

• Eurasian plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The __________ is an example of a transform fault boundary.

• Appalachian Mountains

• San Andreas Fault

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

This is the type of plate boundary that occurs between the African Plate and the Arabian Plate.

• onvergent oceanic-continental plate boundary

• divergent boundary