Apes Plate Tectonics

A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

• Pull apart
• Come together
• Slide past each other
• subducting

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Transform
• Convergent
• Divergent
• Plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Energy from the Sun
• Magnetic Pole Reversal
• Convection currents in the mantle
• Faults in Mountain Ranges

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Plate
• Divergent
• Convergent
• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A subduction zone is formed...

• when one tectonic plate sinks below another
• at every type of convergent plate boundary
• at every type of divergent plate boundary
• at transform boundaries

What two processes make sediment?

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Weathering & Erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which layer of the earth is between the core and the crust?

• Crust
• Mantle
• Outer Core
• Inner Core

Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?

• At plate boundaries
• in oceans
• in the middle of continents
• in the middle of plates

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

During primary succession, which of the following organisms often serve as pioneer species?

• lichens
• grasses
• small herbs
• trees