Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes

According to the hypothesis of _____________ continents have moved to their current locations.

• Pangaea

• Continental Drift

• Seafloor Spreading

• Plate Tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A _________ is the surface of a break in a section of rocks.

• Fault

• Plate Boundary

• Seafloor Spreading

• Hot spot

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The large landmass which means "all land".

• Plate Tectonics

• Pangaea

• Fault

• North America

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Large bodies of magma, called ________, are forced upward through Earth's mantle and crust.

• Volcano

• Convection Current

• Seismic Waves

• Hot Spots

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Rising magma eventually can lead to an eruption, where magma, solids and gas are spewed out to form cone-shapted mountains called __________.

• Volcanoes

• Mountains

• Hot Spots

• Tsunami

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

When seismic waves , or ______________ are from shore, their energy is spread over large distances and great depths.

• Earthquakes

• Tsunamis

• Volcanoes

• Hot Spots

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Earthquake waves are called ___________________.

• Tsunamis

• Fault

• Hot Spots

• Seismic

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Hess's theory is known ____________ where hot less dense material below Earth's crust rises toward the surface at the mid-ocean ridges.

• Convection Currents

• Plate Tectonics

• Seafloor Spreading

• Continental Drift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

According to the theory of ______________, Earth's crust and part of the upper mantle are broken into sections.

• Plate Tectonics

• Seafloor Spreading

• Continental Drift

• Pangaea

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The entire cycle of heating, rising, cooling, and sinking is called________________.

• Convection Currents

• Seismic Waves

• Hot Spots

• Plate Tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6