Pre-test Plate Tectonics

Fossil clues from __________continents help explain the Theory of Continental Drift

• large

• different

• small

• dry

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Continental Drift explains_________.

• why the land is heavier than the oceans

• how the oceans were formed

• why and how continents move

• when earthquakes happen

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

All of the continents were once a super landmass called _________.

• Pangaea

• Panjan

• Pawpai

• Pangi

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The layer directly beneath Earth’s plates moves very ________, and it moves in different directions in different places.

• upward

• quickly

• fast

• slowly

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The Earth's plates fit closely together with each plate _______ all the plates that are next to it.

• touching

• containing

• cooling

• heating

The layer directly below the Earth's plates is mostly slightly ______________rock.

• softened

• hardened

• layered

• hard

Which of the following causes the inner core to remain solid?

• high temperature

• low temperature

• high pressure

• low pressure

The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Plate Boundary

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A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

• Pull apart

• Come together

• Slide past each other

• subducting

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

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Mountains are created when....

• Two continental plates collide

• Two oceanic plates pull apart

• An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate

• Two continental plates pull apart

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