Plate Tectonics

How many earth layers are there?

• 2

• 3

• 5

• 6

What causes earth to have a magnetic field?

• currents of electricity from the outer core

• magnets

• the mantle

• the poles

What type of activity occurs before a volcanic eruption?

• thunderstorms

• avalanches

• earthquakes

• explosions

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Earth's lithosphere is constantly changing.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

How can earthquakes cause fires?

• light matches

• gas lines and power lines break

• magma escapes to the surface and catches things on fire

• lava rolls onto plants and lights them on fire

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What theory did Alfred Wegener come up with?

• Theory of Plate Tectonics

• Big Bang Theory

• Continental Drift Theory

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Fossils of the exact same animal and plant found on different continents is evidence for which theory?

• Continental Drift

• Plate Tectonics

• Pangaea

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A trench is formed when__________________

• one plate subducts under another

• someone digs a big ditch

• two plates move away from each other

• a mountain collapses

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which type of crust is thin and dense?

• continental

• oceanic

What type of crust is thick and less dense?

• continental

• oceanic