Week 8 QUIZ- Intro to Plate Tectonics

What type of rock was most likely the first crust to form?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

Earth's layers were arranged according to ___.

Where did the most dense metals or materials go when the layers formed?

• sank to the center

• rose up to the top

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Which of the following is the correct order of the layers of the Earth, STARTING AT THE CRUST.

• crust, mantle, asthenosphere, lithosphere, inner core, outer core

• crust, lithosphere, mantle, inner core, asthenosphere, outer core

• crust, inner core, outer core, mantle, asthenosphere, lithosphere

• crust, lithosphere, asthenosphere, mantle, outer core, inner core

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

How do we know about what is inside of the planet?

• We can dig to the core

• studying ocean waves from tsunamis

• we can ask the mole people who live there

• studying seismic waves from earthquakes

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Which of the following is true about the layer that makes up the tectonic plates? Select 2.

• the thickest layer

• lithosphere

• broken into pieces

• solid, continual layer

___ was the guy who introduced the idea of Continental Drift.

• Alfredo and Chicken

• Alfie Wagon

• Alfred Wegener

• Elf, like from the North Pole

Select the 3 main pieces of evidence that Alfred Wegener used to support his idea of Continental Drift.

• landforms

• oceans

• fossils

• climate

• because he said so

When we study continental drift, we always talk about this giant supercontinent, called ____.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Finding fossils all over the planet helped us to realize that... (select 3)

• The continents were once combined

• Prehistoric plants could fly to different continents

• North America was closer to the equator

• Africa was once closer to the South Pole

• Aliens moved animals around the planet

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3