Layers of the Earths and Boundaries

When two tectonic plates move away from each other it is a (a)   boundary.

What kind of boundary occurs when an oceanic plate is sliding underneath a continental plate.

• subduction zone

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

• convection currents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A ___________________________ boundary occurs when two tectonic plates slide past each other while rubbing against each other.

• transform

• convergent

• divergent

• tectonic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Two tectonic plates moving towards each other is a convergent boundary.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Heat transfer by movement of a fluid - this is what causes the tectonic plates to move

• convection currents in the mantel

• convection currents in the inner core

• earthquakes

• natural disasters

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the outermost layer of the Earth?

• crust

• asthenosphere

• upper mantle

• outer core

What is the liquid layer of the Earth's core that lies beneath the mantle and surrounds the inner core?

• inner core

• mantle

• asthenosphere

• outer core

What is the thickest layer of the Earth?

• mantle

• outer core

• inner core

• asthenosphere

What is the solid dense center of Earth that extends from the bottom of the outer core to the center of the Earth called?

• Lithosphere

• Inner Core

• Crust

• Asthenosphere

The rigid (hard) layer made up of the uppermost part of the the mantle and crust is called the ______________________,

• asthenosphere

• outercore

• mantle

• lithosphere