Tectonics

Breaks in the crust called __________ form where plates meet.

• mountains

• rift valleys

• faults

• trenches

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A __________ forms where plates diverge on land.

• rift valley

• mid-ocean ridge

• mountain

• trench

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which theory describes the motion of the force driving Earth's Plates?

• continental drift

• plate tectonics

• first law of motion

• third law of motion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the motion of Earth's plates like?

• fast and in stages

• slow and in stages

• fast and constant

• slow and constant

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Match the following

• Divergent boundary

• process in which two lithospheric plates of different densities converge and the denser one sinks into the mantle beneath the other

• Convergent boundary

• A plate boundary where two tectonic plates move toward each other and collide

• Transform boundary

• A plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide horizontally past one another

• Subduction

• A plate boundary where two tectonic plates move apart from each other

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This image shows the formation of a mountain range. At this ​ (a)   plate boundary, colliding plates are a ​ (b)   .

• convergent

• constructive force

• destructive force

• force field

• divergent

• transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

​ (a)   the process by which rock material moves under Earth’s outer layer and into the mantle due to plate motion

• subduction

• uplift

• weathering

• sediment

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ESS2.A

ESS2.C

ESS3.A

ESS3.C

Match the following

• Plate boundary

• thinner, more dense, located under oceans and seas, composed mostly of basalt, generally younger than continental crust

• Oceanic crust

• Boundary where two tectonic plates meet

• Continental crust

• • thicker, less dense, forms landmasses, composed mostly of granite, generally older than oceanic crust

This image shows the formation of a mountain range at this ​ (a)   plate boundary.

• convergent

• destructive force

• force field

• divergent

• transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Label the parts of the plate boundary

a

b

c

Subduction zone

Mountains

Continental crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3