Plates on the Move

Ready for a time travel adventure? Imagine we're zooming back 55 million years! Which tectonic plate tango created the stunning island of Iceland?

• slip or transform plate boundary

• collision or convergent plate boundary

• subduction

• spreading or divergent plate boundary

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Guess what? A whopping number of volcanoes are chilling right on a boundary line! Can you tell how many?

• 3

• 5

• 6

• 12

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which tectonic plate boundary movement caused the formation of Mount Fiji?

• slip

• collision

• spreading

• subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Explain the process that formed Mount Etna (Hint : one plate is denser than the other)

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Using the website www.amnh.org/explore/ology/earth/plates-on-the-move2/game what type of plate boundary is making Mount Everest taller and taller every year? (Mount Everest is located on the Eurasian Plate)

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• transform boundary

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Which plate interaction has caused the tallest chain of volcanic mountains in the world, the Andes Mountains? (the Andes Mountains are located on the South American Plate)

• the slipping of the Nazca Plate and the South American Plate

• the collision of the Nazca Plate and the South American Plate

• the subduction of the Nazca Plate under the South American Plate

• the diversion of the Nazca Plate and the South American Plate

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

The Hawaiian Islands were caused by...

• The movement of a tectonic plate over a hotspot

• The collision of the Pacific Plate with the North American Plate

• Volcanoes erupting due to a subducting plate

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Using the website www.amnh.org/explore/ology/earth/plates-on-the-move2/game California has tens of thousands of earthquakes every year because it lies at the boundary of two tectonic plates that are...

• slipping

• colliding

• Spreading

• subducting

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The volcanic mountain of Mount Kilimanjaro in East Africa was caused when...

• one plate slides against another, it gets stuck and pressure builds up

• a heavy oceanic plate collides with a lighter continental plate and the oceanic plate sinks into the mantle

• two plates slowly move apart, earthquakes occur, and magma rises up from the mantle below

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What type of plate interaction caused the Alaska Earthquake of 1964?

• slip

• collision

• spreading

• subduction

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1