Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics

When 2 plates move away from each other, it happens at this plate boundary.

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

Sea-floor spreading at mid-ocean ridges is an example of this type of plate boundary movement.

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This scale rates earthquakes based on the total amount of energy they release.

• Mercalli scale

• Richter scale

• Moment Magnitude scale

This scale rates earthquakes based on the level of damage created by an earthquake.

• Mercalli scale

• Richter scale

• Moment magnitude scale

This is created after an earthquake where the plates move underwater. Water is displaced and creates huge waves in a body of water.

• Tsunami

• aftershocks

• earthquake

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?

• submarine zone

• divergence zone

• subduction zone

• lower zone

Name the boundary

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

• sergent boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A location where two tectonic plates collide is known as a _________ boundary.

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Spreading

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• strike slip

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What would you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?

• Earthquakes

• Volcanoes

• Mountains

• Rift

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3