According to the Theory of Plate Tectonics

True/False: Earth's plates meet at boundaries.

• True

• False

True/False: Breaks in the crust called faults form where plates meet.

• True

• False

True/False: Plates slide past each other at convergent boundaries.

• True

• False

True/False: A rift valley forms where plates diverge on land.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

True/False: Ocean currents drive Earth's plates.

• True

• False

Most transform boundaries where plates move apart occur along the mid-ocean ridges.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which theory describes the motion of and force driving Earth's plates?

• first law of motion

• third law of motion

• continental drift

• plate tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the motion of Earth's plates like?

• fast and in stages

• slow and in stages

• fast and constant

• slow and constant

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The San Andreas fault is an example of which kind of boundary?

• transform

• divergent

• oceanic

• convergent

Which feature forms at convergent boundaries?

• mountain range

• trench

• rift valley

• mid-ocean ridge