PLATE TECTONICS COMMON ASSESSMENT REVIEW

WHAT LAYER ARE THE CONVECTION CELLS IN?

• ASTHENOSPHERE

• INNER CORE

• LITHOSPHERE

• CRUST

WHAT EVIDENCE FURTHER SUPPORTS THE THEORY OF CONTINENTAL DRIFT?

• ROCK AND FOSSIL AND GLACIER EVIDENCE

• MAGMA EVIDENCE

• MAGNETIC REVERSAL

• SEA FLOOR SPREADING

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What can cause a chain of volcanic islands to form far from plate boundaries?

• CONVECTION

• SUBDUCTION

• SEA FLOOR SPREADING

• DIVERGENT

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

WHAT CAN BE CREATED WHEN TWO CONTIENTAL CRUSTS CONVERGE?

• TRENCH

• VOLCANOS

• MOUNTAINS

• MID OCEAN RIDGES

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Where have great amounts of volcanic activity been found to be concentrated?

• IN OCEANS

• NEAR PLATE BOUNDARIES

• IN THE CORE

• NEAR MAGNETIC POLES

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF CONTINENTAL DRIFT, IN THE 1950'S THEY DISCOVERED WHAT?

• PANGEA

• CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES

• TRENCHES

• THAT THE SEA FLOOR WAS SPREADING

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

WHAT HAPPENS TO A HOT SPOT IN THE ASTHENOSPHERE?

• THE HOT SPOT CHANGES DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION OF THE PLATE

• THE HOT SPOT MOVES WITH THE PLATES

• IT NEVER MOVES BUT THE PLATES DO

• HOT SPOTS FOLLOW THE MAGNETIC REVERSAL

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

OF THE HAWAIIN ISLANDS, HOW DO YOU KNOW WHICH IS THE NEWEST?

• IT WILL BE THE FARTHEST AWAY FROM THE HOT SPOT

• IT WILL BE THE ISLAND THAT HAS AN ACTIVE VOLCANO

• IT WILL BE THE ONE NEAREST THE MID OCEAN RIDGE

• IT WILL BE THE ONE FARTHEST AWAY FROM A PLATE BOUNDARY

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

About 260 million years ago, Earth’s continents moved together to form the supercontinent called

• PANGEA

• THE NORTH POLE

• CONTINENTAL DRIFT

• THE WEGNERATOR

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which layer of Earth does a tectonic plate ride on top of?

• ASTHENOSPHERE

• LITHOSPHERE

• LOWER MANTLE

• INNER CORE