Contiental Drift and Plate Tectonics Quiz

The region where two tectonic plates are in contact

• Divergent boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Plate boundary

• Transform boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Earths crust located under the ocean

• Oceanic Crust

• Rift Valley

• Continental Crust

• Subduction Zone

The thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth above the mantle.

• Pizza crust

• Mantle

• Crust

• Core

The partially melted layer of the mantle that underlies the lithosphere.

• Lithosphere

• Mantle

• Rift Valley

• Asthenosphere

Lie beneath landmasses. Contains more silicon dioxide. Plates less dense than oceanic.

• Oceanic Continental plate

• Continental Boundary

• Continental Plates

• Boundary layers

The layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core.

• Mantle

• Crust

• Inner Core

• Middle Core

Proposed the theory of sea-floor spreading.

• Harry Harold

• Harry Hess

• Henry Hess

• Harold Hess

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Thin plates that form the ocean floor; more dense than continental plates.

• Oceanic Plates

• Tectonic Plates

• Subduction

• Continental Plates

The process that creates new sea floor as plates move away from each other at the mid-ocean ridges.

• Seafloor Plates

• Seafloor Spreading

• Seafloor Subduction

• Oceanic Ridge

A device that determines the distance of an object under water by recording echoes of sound waves.

• Satellite Radio

• Fishing

• Sonar

• Sonar searching

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2