King Plate tectonics 2019

The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

• Convergent Boundary
• Divergent Boundary
• Transform Boundary
• Plate Boundary

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Energy from the Sun
• Magnetic Pole Reversal
• Convection currents in the mantle
• Faults in Mountain Ranges

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What type of plate boundary is this?

• Plate
• Divergent
• Convergent
• Transform

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A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

• Pull apart
• Come together
• Slide past each other
• subducting

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Which of the following is NOT evidence to support the theory of plate tectonics?

• Fossils
• Mountains
• Glaciers
• Sand Erosion

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Scientists think that convection currents that move the plates flow in Earth's

• Continental crust
• Oceanic crust
• Asthenosphere
• Lithosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The mantle of Earth is made partly of magma. When magma rises and sinks, this is called ______________. 

• a conduction current
• a hot spot
• a volcanic eruption
• a convection current

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What would happen to the convection currents if the heat from the inner core disappeared? 

• They would stop. 
• They would change directions. 
• It would not change. 
• They would speed up. 

The youngest material of the ocean floor is found at mid-ocean _________.

• ridges
• trenches
• basins
• rifts

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The presence of the same ________ on several continents supports the idea of continental drift.

• rocks
• fossils
• both fossils and rocks
• neither fossils nor rocks

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