Plate Tectonics and Geologic Events

What is Plate Tectonics?

• movement of the Earth in space

• movement of the oceans against Earth's land

• movement of the Earth around the sun

• movement of the pieces of Earth's crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the inner-most layer of Earth?

• inner core

• outer core

• mantle

• crust

What is the outer-most layer of Earth?

• inner core

• outer core

• mantle

• crust

What layer of Earth is made of magma?

• inner core

• outer core

• mantle

• crust

Why do Earth's plates move?

• because of tornadoes and hurricanes

• because of Earth spinning on its axis

• because of Earth orbiting the sun

• because of convection currents within the mantle

Which is an ancient supercontinent that scientists believe existed around 200 to 300 million years ago?

• Pangaea

• landmass

• Ice Age

• glacier

There are how many different types of crust?

• 1

• 2

• 5

• 3

What is the core made of?

• steel

• iron 

• aluminum

• iron and nickel

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Why is the inner core solid?

• its unknown

• what it's made of

• the pressure

• it is colder than the outer core

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Which layer(s) of the Earth make up the asthenosphere?

• Part of the mantle

• Crust, mantle, Core

• Crust and upper mantle

• Only the crust