Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics

Which direction are the plates moving at a divergent boundary?

• moving away from each other

• moving towards each other

• sliding past each other

• they don't move

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which direction are plates moving at a convergent boundary?

• away from each other

• going towards each other

• sliding past each other

• they don't move

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Mountains form from ...

• plates sliding past one another

• collision of plates

• plates moving away from each other

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Associated with transform boundaries.

• Volcanoes

• mountains

• trenches

• earthquakes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Name the boundary

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

• sergent boundary

What would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

• Volcano

• Mountains

• Rift

• Island Arc

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

What is the name of the theory that the Earth's crust and part of the mantle are broken into sections?

• Plate Tectonic Theory

• Continental Drift Theory

• Cell Theory

• Theory of Natural Selection

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The three main types of plate boundaries are

• transform, convergent, and conduction

• convection, transform, and divergent

• convection, conduction, and divergent

• transform, convergent, and divergent

What type of plate boundary is represented by this image?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

What type of plate boundary is found at the San Andreas Fault?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3