Data Test - Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes

What is the name of layer Y?

• lithosphere

• mantle

• crust

• mesosphere

The part of the earth that includes the crust and the upper mantle and is split into tectonic plates is the

• lithosphere
•  crust
• asthenosphere
• mantle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which best explains the movement of tectonic plates?

• They move several miles each year because of convection within Earth.

• They move several centimeters each year because of convection within Earth.

• They move several feet each year because of convection within Earth.

• They move several kilometers each year because of convection within Earth.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of heat transfer is this?

• Convection
• Conduction
• Radiation

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Lithospheric plates have moved to form land formations on Earth’s surface. Which land formation occurs as a result of the plates folding upon one another?

• a river

• a volcano

• an earthquake

• a mountain range

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

New seafloor is formed through the process of what?

• seafloor spreading
• continental drift
• divergent boundaries

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which event most likely takes place as the result of crustal movement along transform boundaries?

• earthquakes

• volcanic activity

• mountain building

• trenches

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Convergent
• Divergent
• Transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which plate is thicker, the oceanic crustal plate, or the continental crustal plate?

• oceanic
• continental

When 2 plates slip past each other, it happens at this plate boundary.

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform