Plate Tectonics and Earth's Layers

Which of the following lists the Earth's layers from innermost to outermost?

• Inner Core, Crust, Lithosphere, Asthenosphere

• Inner core, Outer Core, Mantle, Crust

• Outer Core, Inner Core, Mantle, Crust

What is Pangea?

• a fern that lives close to the equator

• a large ice sheet

• a supercontinent made of the present-day continents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Seafloor spreading is a process that...

• Destroys oceanic crust

• Occurs at the mid-ocean ridges

• Causes continents to plow through the seafloor

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which is most likely to form along a convergent tectonic boundary?

• a delta

• an ocean basin

• a mountain range

• a valley

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What happens at a transform plate boundary?

• Plates move away from each other

• Plates move toward each other

• Plates slide past each other

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

In divergent plate boundary...

• two plates separate

• two continental plates collide

• two plates slide past one another

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the theory of plate tectonics?

• Earth’s outer layer is made up of large, moving pieces called plates

• Cracks in the Earth's crust cause volcanoes

• The Earth was created by meteors crashing into each other

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

When oceanic and continental crust converge, the oceanic plate will dive beneath the continental plate. What best explains the results of this action?

• The oceanic crust is moved upward by the radiation of heat

• The oceanic crust will melt as it moves deeper in the earth.

• The continental crust will form a mountain range.

• The two crusts will form an ocean basin

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which layer of the Earth is liquid and composed mostly of iron and nickel?

• inner core

• crust

• outer core

• mantle

What are tectonic plates?

• slabs of oceanic crust

• slabs of continental crust

• slabs of crust and upper mantle