Rock Cycle/Plate Tectonics

Where are tectonic plates located?

• outer core

• lithosphere

• asthenosphere

• mesosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What process drives the movement of tectonic plates?

• movement of ocean currents

• gravitational pull of the moon

• convection currents in the mantle

• magnetic field of the Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of plate boundary has plates moving apart?

• divergent

• transform

• convergent

What type of plate boundary has plates crashing into each other?

• divergent

• transform

• convergent

When plates slide past each other in opposite direction, it is which type of boundary?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which events are most common along tectonic plate boundaries?

• earthquakes and erosion

• hurricanes and tsunamis

• earthquakes and volcanoes

• tidal waves and volcanoes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What process is occurring at the mid-ocean ridge?

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• subduction zone

• transform boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Subduction is when one plate goes under another plate. What causes this plate to go under the other plate?

• it is less dense than the top plate

• it is more dense than the top plate

• the plates are part of the Ring of Fire

• volcanoes forced the magma to go underneath

What is it called when rock changes from one type to another?

• rock and roll

• rock cycle

• Rock drift

• rock tectonics

A rock formed from fragments of other rocks is a(n)

• Metamorphic Rock
• Sedimentary Rock
• Extrusive Rock
• Igneous Rock