Plate Tectonics, Continental Drift, & Earth's Layers

Which of these layers is solid iron and nickel?

• inner core

• outer core

• lithosphere

• mesosphere

What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent?

• Supreme Continent

• Eurasia

• Plate tectonics

• Pangaea

What does the theory of continental drift state?

• The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
• Continents are stationary and do not move
• The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
• none of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Name the boundary

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• sergent boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Name the boundary

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• sergent boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Name the boundary

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• sergent boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?

• submarine zone
• divergence zone
• subduction zone
• lower zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Mountains form from ...

• plates sliding past one another
• collision of plates
• plates moving away from each other

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Oceanic crust is

• Younger and less dense than continental crust
• Thinner, younger and more dense than continental crust
• Older, thicker and less dense that continental crust
• Bigger and younger than continental crust

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

What is the driving force behind plate tectonics?

• convection currents
• magnetic reversal
• volcanic eruption
• subduction zones

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3