Types of Tectonic Plates and Boundaries

What type of boundary is this?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

New crust forms along a(n)

• subduction zone

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• transform boundary

The San Andreas Fault in California is known as an active earthquake area. What type of

boundary is it?

• Converging

• Diverging

• Transform

• Sea Floor Spreading

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

BONUS! FUTURE TOPIC! This is the outermost, rigid layer of the Earth, made up of two parts, is divided into pieces call tectonic plates.

• Inner Core

• Asthensophere

• Lithosphere

• Outer Core

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The plates move using three types of movements: convergent, divergent and transform.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The divergent movement happens when...

• ...plates move apart.

• ...plates move towards each other.

• ...2 plates move sideways with respect to each other.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Name this boundary

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Sergent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

In which type of boundary do the plates move away from each other?

• convergent

• normal

• divergent

• transform

Name the boundary

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• sergent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Name the boundary

• convergent

• transform

• divergent

• sergent