Layers of the Earth &Plate tectonics & boundaries

Earth's plates meet at ____________.

• plate tectonics

• plate boundaries

• continental drift

• oceans

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Breaks in the crust called __________ form where plates meet.

• mountains

• rift valleys

• faults

• trenches

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Plates slide past each other at _________________ boundaries.

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• universal

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

________________ currents drive Earth's plate movement.

• ocean

• atmosphere

• wind

• convection

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Plates slide apart along _____________ boundaries.

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• universal

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Which theory describes the motion of the force driving Earth's Plates?

• continental drift

• plate tectonics

• first law of motion

• third law of motion

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When one tectonic plate slides under another plate at convergent boundaries it is called

• divergent boundaries

• subduction zones

• convection currents

• transform boundaries

The theory that states that the Earth's surface is broken into large, rigid pieces that move with respect to each other is called

• Continental Drift

• Theory of plate tectonics

• pangea

• plate boundaries

List the layers of the Earth from the outermost layer

• Mantle, Inner Core, crust, Outer Core

• Inner Core, Outer Core, Crust, Mantle

• Crust, Mantle, Outer core, Inner Core

• Outer Core, Crust, Inner Core, Mantle

The crust and the uppermost part of the mantle makes up the ________________; which is a rigid shell on the outside of the Earth.

• Asthenosphere

• Tectonic plates

• Plate boundaries

• Lithosphere