Plate Tectonics

Name this boundary

• Convergent
• Divergent
• Transform
• Sergent

Name the boundary

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• sergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Name the boundary

• convergent
• transform
• divergent
• sergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Tectonic plates float on top of the ________

• Crust

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

As plates pull apart, what happens?

• Loose rock material fills the empty space.

• New plate material fills the empty space so there is no space left.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What happens when continental plates press together?

• The edges of the plates will push upward and continue to move toward each other.

• The edges of the plates will be pushed downward and continue to move toward each other.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Under sea mountain ranges are called:

• deep sea trench

• aquatic ranges

• mid-ocean ridges

• salty hills

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

When one piece of crust gets pushed under another one, it called:

• radial fracture

• lingering

• subduction

• leverage

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The theory of plate tectonics is based on hot magma rising and cool magma sinking. This cycle is called:

• subduction

• convection

• hot pockets

• radial fracture

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Mid-Ocean Ridges are similar to which continental landforms?

• hills
• valleys
• mountain range
• canyons

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3