Benchmark Exam Plate Tectonics

A boundary in which 2 plates move together

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

A region where the rigid plates are moving apart (away from each other)

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

A boundary in which 2 plates slide past each other

• transform

• Divergent

• Convergent

A fracture in Earth where movement has occurred

• rift valley

• fault

• volcano

Deep faulted structure found at divergent plate boundaries

• rift valley

• fault

• mountain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Process that forms new sea floor

• mid-ocean ridge

• continental drift

• sea-floor speading

Place where sea floor is forced down into the mantle

• trench

• fault

• continental drift

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

An underwater mountain range

• Appalachian

• Glacial deposits

• Mid-ocean ridge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Clues that support the continental drift

• glacial deposits

• continental drift

• rocks, fossils and climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Movement of the continents

• sea-floor spreading

• continental drift

• mid-ocean ridge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3