Tectonic Plates

What is a tectonic plate?

• A region deep within Earth

• A continuous layer of rock that completely covers Earth

• A large slab of Earth's lithosphere

• A large slab of Earth's mantle

Tectonic plates:

• can move towards each other

• can move away from each other

• can slide past each other

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What happens at a convergent boundary?

• Two plates move towards each other

• Two plates move away from each other

• Two plates slide past each other

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What happens at a divergent boundary?

• Crust is destroyed

• Crust is created

• Crust is neither created nor destroyed

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary is also called a conservative boundary because crust is neither created nor destroyed?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• What type

What is a mountain range?

• An underwater mountain system that forms along a divergent plate boundary

• A large landform that forms peaks that stretch high above surrounding land

• The deepest part of the ocean

• A rupture in Earth's crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Where do ocean ridges most often form?

• At a divergent boundary

• At a convergent boundary

• At a transform boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What landform can form at a convergent boundary?

• Mountain Range

• Volcano

• Deep ocean trench

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2