Plate Tectonics Quiz 2

What layer of Earth is farthest away from the surface?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

What is the rigid outer layer of Earth called that is made of the crust and upper mantle?

• Licorice

• Lithosphere

• Crust

• Core

Approximately how old is Earth?

• 460 years

• 4.6 billion years

• 4.6 million years

• 1 trillion years

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Of the following Earth events pick the one that happened longest ago. Hint: look at your geologic time notes.

• First Land Plants

• First Reptiles

• Dinosaur Extinction

• First Humans

Who was the scientist that came up with the idea of continental drift?

• Ms. Austin

• Albert Einstein

• Alfred Wegner

• Jake Paul

Of the following list, which is NOT a continent today?

• Africa

• North America

• Asia

• Eurasia

Plate tectonics is the idea that....

• the earth's crust is made of large pieces called plates, that cannot move

• the earth's crust is made of large pieces called plates, that have moved over time

• the continents float on the oceans like plates

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

True or False: The tectonic plates are still moving today.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Use your tectonic plate map for this question. In what direction is the African plate moving?

• North

• North East

• Spiral

• West

Use your tectonic plate map for this question. What is the eastern boundary of the South American plate is made up of? Hint: we plotted these using data from events that occurred.

• Oceans and Rivers

• Land and Water

• Earthquakes and Volcanoes

• Tsunamis and Mountains