C Plate Tectonics

A bold dash line is between which two plates?

• Indo-Austrailian and Pacific

• North American and South American

• Eurasian and African

• Eurasian and North American

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The South American Plate is -

• A

• B

• C

• D

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Plate A is called-

• Indo-Australian

• Eurasian

• African

• North American

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Plate E is called -

• Eurasian

• Australian

• South American

• North American

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Plate C is called

• North American

• Pacific

• African

• Austrialian

Which boundary formed the Himalayan Mountains?

• F Convergent

• G Divergent

• H Transform

• J None

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Ocean basin forms at which type of plate boundary?

• Transform

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Oceanic

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

What geologic event most likely occurs at this plate boundary and what type of boundary is it?

• Ocean basin , divergent

• Earthquakes, transform

• mountains, convergent

• volcanic eruptions, subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What causes the plates to move?

• Temperature of oceanic crust

• Thickness of Earth's Layers

• Density of continental crust

• Convection currents in the asthenosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which picture is the best model of the Earth's layers?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3