Earth and Plate Tectonics

The theory developed by Alfred Wegener that the continents move slowly across the Earth's surface.

• plate tectonics

• relativity

• continental drift

• evolution

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This motion in the mantle moves the plates of the Earth.

• conduction

• radiation

• nuclear

• convection

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

When India ran into Asia at a convergent boundary, these surface features were produced.

• trenches

• mountains

• valleys

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Highest temperatures in the Earth are here.

• inner core

• outer core

• mantle

• crust

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Convection currents occur in this layer of the Earth.

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

• inner core

The San Andreas fault in California is this type of boundary.

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The thinnest layer of the Earth that's broken into plates.

• outer core

• inner core

• mantle

• crust

This is a scale from 1-10 used to measure an earthquake's strength.

• strength scale

• magnitude scale

• Richter scale

• seismic scale

The name of the super-continent that broke apart millions of years ago.

• Pangaea

• Gondwanaland

• Parthenon

• Pre-continental

Choose any piece of evidence that supports the theory of continental drift.

• fossils

• movies

• matching coastlines

• rock types

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3