Plate Tectonics & Rock Cycle Vocab Review

What is the current or past long-term weather conditions characteristic of a region or the entire Earth?

• climate

• ecoystem

• precipitation

• weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Pangaea was a ___________ that included the 7 continents that we know today. _____________ movement eventually led to Pangaea breaking apart and forming the continents that we know today.

• supercontinent; plate

• environment; ocean

• supercontinent; ocean

• ocean; plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What do geologists call the Earth’s crust and upper mantle?

• lithosphere

• mesosphere

• asthenosphere

• stratusphere

What is the layer of rock that forms Earth's surface called?

• crust

• mantle

• core

• ocean

What is one of several huge pieces of Earth's crust?

• tectonic plate

• ocean

• mantle

• core

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the theory that describes the movement and recycling of segments of Earth's crust?

• tectonic plate

• subduction

• relativity

• ecosystems

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms at mid-ocean ridges as tectonic plates pull away from each other?

• seafloor spreading

• rift valley

• mountain

• volcanic eruption

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Where is the layer of semi-solid rock between Earth’s crust and core?

• mantle

• core

• crust

• atmosphere

What is a tectonic valley that forms by extensional stress which causes fracturing and the formation of normal faults?

• rift

• earthquake

• volcano

• mountain

Where is the innermost layer of Earth, made up mainly of iron and nickel ?

• core

• mantle

• crust

• atmosphere