Type of Boundaries

When two tectonic plates are moving away from each other, the boundary between them is called...

• Divergent boundary
• Convergent boundary
• Transform boundary
• Subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

When two tectonic plates are moving toward each other, the boundary between them is called...

• Divergent boundary
• Convergent boundary
• Transform boundary
• Subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

When two tectonic plates slide past each other, neither crashing together, nor pulling apart, the boundary between them is called...

• Divergent boundary
• Convergent boundary
• Transform boundary
• Subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Sometimes, when two tectonic plates collide, one is pushed below the other; this action at the convergent boundary is called...

• Divergent boundary
• Convergent boundary
• Transform boundary
• Subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

When an oceanic plate is subducted under a continental plate, a deep valley is formed in the ocean. What is this valley called? 

• a trench
• a rift zone
• ocean spreading ridge
• Continental crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

When a continental plate is pulled away from another continental plate, the area of crust that is thinned and pulled apart is called 

• a trench

• rift valley

• mid-ocean ridge

• volcano

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

When convergent plates collide, if both plates are pushed upward, this forms.  

• Fissures
• Mountain Ranges
• Volcanoes
• Rock Cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?

• Earthquakes
• Volcanoes
• Mountains
• Rift Valleys

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Name the boundary

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

• strike slip boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Name the boundary

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

• collisional boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3