Plate Tectonics

What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?

• Tectonic plates
• Puzzles
• Earthquakes

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Slide/Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Slide/Transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What causes tectonic plates to move along the Earth's surface?

• wind
• ocean currents
• convection in the mantle
• expansion of the Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary occurs when two plates move away from each other?

• transform
• subduction
• convergent
• divergent

What forms at a divergent boundary between two oceanic plates?

• rift valley
• mountain
• mid-ocean ridge
• trench

What type of boundary occurs when two plates move toward each other?

• convergent
• divergent
• transform
• lateral

What is the process in which hot molten rock rises, then cools and sinks back to the core?

• plate tectonics
• continental drift
• convection
• divergence

Mountains form at a ___________ boundary.

• transform
• divergent
• convergent
• subduction