Plate Tectonics Flashcard

Front

Where do convection currents happen?
Options: Crust, Mantle, Core, None of the above

Back

Mantle

Front

Hot liquids _____ and cold liquids _____ (Options: sink, sink; rise, rise; sink, rise; rise, sink).

Back

rise, sink

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Front

This scientist found most of the evidence for Continental Drift.

Back

Alfred Wegener

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

Key evidence for Continental Drift: Continental shapes, Rock layers, Fossil record

Back

All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Front

What causes Earth's plates to move?

Back

Convection currents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

Earth's crust is broken into large pieces called _____ (Faults, Rifts, Trenches, Plates).

Back

Plates

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

Seafloor spreading and subduction refers to ____.

Back

Theory of Plate Tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

When an oceanic plate hits a continental plate, what happens?

Back

The oceanic plate goes underneath the continental plate.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

New crust is made at mid-ocean ridges.

Back

True

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

When magma/lava cools it becomes:

Granite

,

Volcanic rock

,

Limestone

,

Shale

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Volcanic rock