Plate Tectonics

Which boundary type creates sea floor spreading?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which boundary type creates tall mountains?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which type of boundary creates mid ocean ridges?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What kind of boundary creates a fault?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Which of the following were evidence that the Earth's continents were once in vastly different locations than they are today? (select all that apply).

• matching rock type

• matching fossil types

• the puzzle like fit of the continents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What causes the tectonic plates to move?

• They are drifting

• The convection currents in the Earth's mantle

• The conduction currents in the Earth's mantle

• Earth's radiation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Where is sea floor the YOUNGEST?

• near the mid ocean ridges

• Far way from the mid ocean ridges

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

new crust forms when..

• two plates spread apart and magma rises up

• two plates come together and form new land

• two plates scrape past each other

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The super continent where all the continents were once connected is called..

• Earth

• Pangea

• Wegener's supercontinent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Where is sea floor the oldest?

• close to the mid ocean ridge

• in the middle of the mid ocean ridge

• far away from the mid ocean ridge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3