Plate Tectonics

Which plate boundary has the youngest crust?

• Convergent (continental-continental)

• Convergent (Subduction) continental-oceanic

• Transform

• Divergent

Ridges occur at which type of plate boundary?

• Convergent (continental-continental)

• Convergent (Subduction) continental-oceanic

• Transform

• Divergent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Trenches occur at which type of plate boundary?

• Convergent (continental-continental)

• Convergent (Subduction) continental-oceanic

• Transform

• Divergent

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Convection currents occur in the

• outer core

• inner core

• stiffer mantle

• asthenosphere

What is the driving force behind plate tectonics?

• Convection Currents

• Volcanoes

• Continental Drift

• Magnetic Reversals

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The presence of plant fossils in Greenland indicates that

• Greenland was once much warmer.

• Greenland currently has areas with tropical climates.

• plants can grow on glaciers.

• there were no animals on Greenland.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Alternating parallel bands of normal and reversed magnetic polarity are found in the basaltic bedrock on either side of the

• Peru Chile Trench

• Galapagos Hot Spot

• San Andreas Fault

• Mid Atlantic Ridge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Most volcanoes and earthquakes on Earth occur

• at hot spots.

• at plate boundaries.

• at the center of large plates.

• at the edge of continents.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which type of crust is thicker?

• Oceanic

• Continental

Which type of crust is more dense?

• Oceanic

• Continental