Geological Processes

Which of these events can ONLY happen on a DIVERGENT BOUNDARY?

• Rift Valley

• Mountain

• A peninsula

• An Insanely complex, long answer that you will click out of instinct. 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?

• submarine zone

• divergence zone

• subduction zone

• lower zone

The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Plate Boundary

What type of event will occur at this boundary?

• Earthquake

• Volcano Eruption

• Tornado

• Mountain Building

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

• Pull apart

• Come together

• Slide past each other

• subducting

How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?

• Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created

• New crust is underwater where it sinks

• New crust breaks more easily than old crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which layer has convection currents?

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

• Mantle

• Crust

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-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The Himalayas in Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?

• divergent

• continent-to-continent convergent

• ocean-to-continent convergent

• transform

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

The area where two tectonic plates meet.

• mantle

• focus

• plate boundary

• convection