Plate Tectonics

The earth's crust is a solid shell.

• True

• False

The earth's crust is broken into pieces called?

• continents

• plates

• lithosphere

• mantle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

When plates move AWAY from each other it is called?

• convergent plate movement

• lateral plate movement

• divergent plate movement

• electric slide plate movement

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

In divergent plate movement, plates move away from each other and cause...

• mountains to form

• volcanoes

• new crust to form

• earthquakes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

In convergent plate movement, plates move together and cause.....

• earthquakes

• mountains to form

• trenches to form

• new crust to form

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Where are most divergent boundaries found?

• Volcanoes

• Mid- Ocean Ridge

• Rift Valleys

• Trenches

What is the lithosphere?

• The crust

• The Crust and the Upper Mantle

• The Lower Mantle and the Crust

• The Asthenosphere

Mountains form from ...

• plates sliding past one another

• collision of plates

• plates moving away from each other

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The tectonic plates float on the

• lithosphere

• lower mantle

• outer core

• asthenosphere

What are the two types of crust

• continental and oceanic

• ocean and upper

• lower and upper

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