Layers of the Earth & Plate Tectonics

How many main tectonic plates is the lithosphere broken up into?

• 5

• 12

• 22

• 35

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which layers make up the lithosphere?

• crust only

• outer core and inner core

• mantle and outer core

• crust and upper mantle

Where is the asthenosphere located?

• between the crust and the lithosphere

• between the lithosphere and the mantle

• between the mantle and the outer core

• between the outer core and inner core

Where would subduction most likely occur to create volcanoes?

• continental-continental crust collision

• continental-oceanic crust collision

• oceanic-oceanic crust collision

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

What type of boundary has no creation or destruction of crust?

• divergent

• subduction

• convergent

• transform

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

What areas would most likely form volcanoes?

• subduction zones

• transform boundaries

• continental-continental crust boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the "driving force" of plate tectonics?

• wind

• convection currents

• water

• magma

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is the correct order of the layers of the Earth starting from the outside to the center of the Earth?

• crust (lithosphere), core (outer core, inner core) mantle (asthenosphere, mesosphere)

• mantle (asthenosphere, mesosphere), crust (lithosphere), core (outer core, inner core)

• crust (lithosphere), mantle (asthenosphere, mesosphere), core (outer core, inner core)

• core (outer core, inner core), mantle (asthenosphere, mesosphere), crust (lithosphere)

What are hot spot volcanoes?

• very hot volcanoes

• a spot in the Earth that is hot

• young volcanoes created from plate movement

• hot mantle plumes that breach the surface in the middle of a plate

What happens at a divergent boundary?

• plate pull apart

• plate collide

• plate slide past each other