Plate Tectonics

What discoveries support the idea of continental drift?

• Age and Magnetic Properties of the Sea Floor

• Ocean Trenches

• Sea-Floor Spreading

• Laurasia and Gondwana

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

In this process, molten rock from inside Earth rises through cracks in the ridges, cools, and forms new crust.

• Slab Pulling

• Sea-Floor Spreading

• Continental Drift

• Convergence

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Earth's Surface is all one piece.

• True

• False

• True, but it breaks apart every year.

• False, but they are sticking together and will eventually become one piece.

What two plates help to form the San Andreas Fault Line?

• North American Plate

• Nazca Plate

• Eurasian Plate

• Pacific Plate

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Which of the following is not a tectonic plate?

• African Plate

• Eurasian Plate

• Indian Plate

• Atlantic Plate

What are three types of plate boundaries?

• Sliding

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

What type of boundary occurs when two plates collide?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

What type of boundary occurs when plates move away from each other?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

What type of boundary occurs when two plates slide past each other?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

What are three methods that contribute to the movement of tectonic plates?

• Slab Pull

• Slab Push

• Ridge Push

• Mantle Convection

• Mantle Conduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3