Tectonic Plate

Two plates collide

• Divergent Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• None

This scientist was the first to develop the idea of continental drift.

• Wegener

• Einstein

• Copernicus

• Hawking

What is a tectonic plate?

• A piece of the Earth's crust

• A piece of Earth's mantle

• A piece of Earth's core

• A piece of Earth's Moon

At a divergent boundary, tectonic plates move in what way? 

• Tectonic plates move towards each other

• Tectonic plates slide past each other

• Tectonic plates move up and down

• Tectonic plates move away from each other

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A land feature that is produced at a convergent boundary is

• valley

• ocean

• canyon

• volcano

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which type of plate boundary would cause mountains to form

• Transform

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Reform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?

• volcanoes

• deep sea trenches

• underwater mountain ranges

• earthquakes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

• Move away from each other

• Come together

• Slide past each other

• Slide beneath one another

Name the boundary

• convergent

• transform

• divergent

• subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following is NOT a tectonic boundary?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Observant

• Transform