Layers of the Earth and Plate Tectonics

What layer is the thinnest?

• Crust 
• Mantle
• Core
• They are all the same size

What layer is made of plates that move around and bump into each other?

• Crust
• Mantle
• Core
• All of them

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which layer is the thickest?

• Crust
• Mantle
• Core
• All of them are the same size

Which layer is made of solid iron & nickel?

• inner core
• outer core
• mantle
• crust

What is the outer core made of?

• solid rock
• solid metal
• melted rock
• melted metal

Which layer has the hottest temperatures?

• inner core
• outer core
• mantle
• crust

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Tectonic plates are constantly moving at different rates and in different directions.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

At divergent boundaries, tectonic plates...

• slide horizontally past each other in opposite directions
• move away from each other
• move toward each other
• None of the above.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

At convergent plate boundaries, tectonic plates move toward each other.

• True
• False

At transform boundaries, tectonic plates....

• move toward each other
• slide horizontally past each other in opposite directions
• slide horizontally past each other in the same direction
• move away from each other

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3