TEKS 8.9 Science

Plate movement is caused by _____

• The rotation of the Earth

• Ocean tides

• Convection currents in the mantle

• The moon's gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following is the softer moving area of the mantle that contains convection current?

• Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

• Outer core

• Oceanic crust

This image represents this type of boundary

• Divergent

• Transform

• Convergent

• Subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This is the driving force behind the movement of tectonic plates.

• Mantle convection currents

• Oceanic convection currents

• Atmospheric convection currents

• Solar convection currents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

At a divergent boundary, tectonic plates move in what way? 

• Tectonic plates move towards each other

• Tectonic plates slide past each other

• Tectonic plates move up and down

• Tectonic plates move away from each other

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

 A land feature that is produced at a convergent boundary is

• a valley

• an ocean

• a canyon

• a volcano

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is a tectonic plate?

• A piece of the Earth's crust

• A piece of Earth's mantle

• A piece of Earth's core

• A piece of Earth's Moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which type of plate boundary would cause mountains to form

• Transform

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Reform

Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?

• volcanoes

• deep sea trenches

• underwater mountain ranges

• earthquakes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

• Move away from each other

• Come together

• Slide past each other

• Slide beneath one another