Plate Boundary Review

Which model is depicting a convergent boundary between two plates?

• top

• middle

• bottom

Which model is depicting a transform boundary between two plates?

• top

• middle

• bottom

Which model is depicting a divergent boundary between two plates?

• top

• middle

• bottom

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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

• a rift zone or rift valley

• ocean spreading ridge

• Continental crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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-ESS3-2

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Mountain

• Rift Valley

• Island Arc

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

• Volcano

• Mountain

• Rift

• Island Arc

A subduction zone is formed...

• when one tectonic plate sinks below another

• at every type of convergent plate boundary

• at every type of divergent plate boundary

• at transform boundaries

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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

• convergent

• normal

• divergent

• transform

Plates slide past one another at ____________ boundaries.

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• submergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3