Plate Tectonics Review

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Plate
• Divergent
• Convergent
• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 28 Million Years ago.

• Pangea
• Gondwanda
• Laurasia
• Neverland

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

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

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Transform
• Convergent
• Divergent
• Plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Oceanic Trenches are formed by _______ plate boundaries

• Convergent

• Transform

• Plate

• Divergent.

Islands can form from magma which is pushed up at a __________ plate boundary

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

Considering that the center of the image is a divergent boundary, where would the oldest rock be found?

• L

• M

• N

• O

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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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

The theory of _______ states that Earth’s crust and upper mantle are broken into sections that are in constant, slow motion.

• plate tectonics
• continental drift
• seafloor spreading
• divergent boundaries

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3