Plate Tectonics Flashcard

Plate Tectonics Flashcard

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Flashcard

Science

7th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS3-2, HS-ESS1-5

+3

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What are the effects of earthquakes caused by plate tectonics?

Back

Ground shaking, tsunamis, landslides, and volcanic eruptions.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What evidence supports the theory of plate tectonics?

Back

Matching coastlines of continents, distribution of fossils and rock types, occurrence of earthquakes and volcanoes along plate boundaries, and magnetic striping on the ocean floor.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What are the three main types of plate boundaries?

Back

Divergent, Convergent, Transform.

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the name of the supercontinent proposed by Alfred Wegener?

Back

Pangaea.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What happens at a divergent plate boundary?

Back

The tectonic plates move away from each other.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a tectonic plate?

Back

A large, rigid piece of the Earth's lithosphere that moves and interacts with other plates.

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the lithosphere?

Back

The outer layer of the Earth, consisting of the crust and the upper mantle.

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