Tectonic Plates

The North American plate and Pacific plates meet at the San Andres Fault in California causing frequent earthquakes. This fault is located at a _____ boundary.

• Ridge

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which TWO landforms occur when a continental plate and an oceanic plate hit each other?

• Volcanoes on land and Volcanic Islands

• Volcanoes on land and Deep Sea Trench

• Volcanoes on land and Mountains

• Rift Valley and Mid Ocean Ridge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

How do most mountains form?

• Continents collide and fold up on each other

• Earth is shrinking and the crust wrinkles up

• Ocean plates diverge and fold up on each other

• Gravity from the moon pulls sections of the Earth up

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Plates are not created or destroyed: They just pass by each other.

• Converge

• Diverge

• Transform

What are these plates doing?

• Converging

• Diverging

• Forming a transform boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What are these plates doing?

• Converging

• Diverging

• Forming a transform boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of event will occur at this boundary?

• Earthquake

• Volcano Eruption

• Tornado

• Mountain Building

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Reform

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What are the two types of crust

• continental and oceanic
• ocean and upper
• lower and upper
• pizza and subway

The area around the Pacific Ocean where lots of earthquakes and volcanoes happen is called the ____________.

• Ring of Earth
• Ring of Fire
• Ring of Stone
• Ring of Diamond

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2