Plate Tectonics Plate Boundaries

A tectonic plate is a giant piece of the Earth's

• lithosphere that moves

• lithosphere that stays in place

• lower mantle

• outer core

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The area where two plates move toward each other is called a ______________ plate boundary.

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• plate tectonics

The area where two plates move away from each other is called a ______________ plate boundary.

• transform

• convergent

• divergent

• plate tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A famous _________________ plate boundary is found in the Himalayan mountains.

• transform

• convergent

• divergent

• diuretic

A famous _________________ plate boundary is found in the Atlantic Ocean.

• transform

• convergent

• divergent

• incontinent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Tectonic plates move as fast as

• you can run

• a slug moves

• you can walk

• your fingernails grow

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

_________________ is the slow movement of the mantle that causes the plates to move.

• Convection

• Constipation

• Radiation

• Conduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Earthquakes are caused by plates moving at ____________ boundaries.

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Volcanoes usually form at ___________ boundaries.

• transform

• convergent

• divergent

Before the theory of plate tectonics,most people believed that the Earth's continents ________________________

• stayed in place

• moved

• formed a hollow tube like Takis

• sank like Atlantis

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3