Plate Tectonics

What is an earthquake

• mostly basalt, having been erupted from mid-ocean ridges

• a sudden and violent shaking of the ground

• the very slow creeping motion of Earth's solid mantle

• great variety of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What image best represents mantle convection?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which is the earths crust?

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which layer is the Earth's Mantle?

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Which layer is the Earth's Outer Core?

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Which layer is Earth's Inner Core?

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How is an oceanic plate different from a continental plate?

• The are made of rocks and continental plates are not.

• They are thicker than continental plates, and they are also less dense, so they ride higher on the mantle.

• They are thinner than continental plates, and they are also more dense, so they ride lower on the mantle.

• They are thicker than continental plates, and they are also more dense, so they ride lower on the moon.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which image best represents a transform boundary?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which image best illustrates a subduction zone?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which image best illustrates a continental collision plate boundary?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3