Earth's History and Formations

The OLDEST seafloor is located? 

• Closest to the mid-ocean ridge
• Farthest from the mid-ocean ridge

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

True or False : Sea-floor Spreading adds new material to the ocean floor?

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Massive pieces of land that are part of the Earth's crust and upper mantle

• Tectonic plates
• Trenches
• Divergent boundary
• Continental shelves

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The entire cycle of heating occurring in the mantle is called

• Convection currents
• Compound currents
• heat currents
•  subcurrents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Convection currents are one major force that moves tectonic plates. What is the other?

• Gravity

• Momentum

• Magnetism

• Intermolecular Forces

New crust is always formed at the...

• mid-ocean ridge
• deep-ocean trench
• asthenosphere

Older crust is found towards the...

• Mid-ocean ridge
• Deep-ocean trench
• Asthenosphere

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• subducting

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• submergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• strike slip

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3