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Which statement is TRUE regarding Convection Currents?

• HEAT falls because its LESS dense; COLD rises because its MORE dense

• HEAT falls because its MORE dense; COLD rises because its LESS dense

• HEAT rises because its LESS dense; COLD falls because its MORE dense

• HEAT rises because its MORE dense; COLD falls because its LESS dense

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What type of plate boundary is shown in the picture?

• Transform

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What do we call the process when two oceanic plates diverge and new crust is formed?

• Subduction

• sea-flooring spreading

• convection currents

• continental drift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the process called when the denser of two plates sinks beneath the other. Crust is destroyed here

• Subduction

• sea-flooring spreading

• convection currents

• continental drift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary do folded mountatins form at?

• Transform:

  Continental-Continental

• Transform:

  Oceanic-Continental

• Convergent:

  Oceanic-Continental

• Convergent:

  Continental-Continental

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What land form is created when two pieces of continental crust separate?

• Canyon

• Rift Valley

• Trench

• mountain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Why type of landform is created at a

Continental-Oceanic Convergent boundary?

• Trench

• Folded Mountain

• Fault

• Mid-ocean Ridge

At what type of boundary is the San Andreas fault located?

• Transform

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What takes place at transform boundaries?

• crust is created

• crust is destroyed

• Crust is neither created or destroyed

• Faults, or cracks

What landform is likely to form at the Nazca Plate?

(observe the types of crust on either side)

• Mid-ocean ridge

• folded mountains

• Trench

• Volcanic mountains

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3