Plate Tectonics/Earthquakes

What type of boundary is this?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Continental

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary is this?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Continental

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary is this?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Continental

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

List each layer that makes up Earth's interior structure. (There are FOUR layers-- what are they?)

What are convection cells?

• when hot water sinks and cool water rises

• the result of the continuous movement of mantle material in patterns of circulation

• cells inside of the Earth's inner core

• cells inside of the Earth's crust

How many MAJOR lithospheric plates are there?

• 10

• 5

• 15

• 7

What was the name of the scientist who came up with the theory of continental drift?

• Alfred Wegner

• Wilfred Wegner

• Charles Darwin

• James Hutton

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

What is happening at areas of seafloor spreading?

• The Earth grows larger

• One plate gets subducted underneath the other

• New ocean floor is formed, and older ocean floor is pushed away

• Nothing major happens here

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What happens at subduction zones?

• The continents drift apart from each other

• Crust plunges into Earth's interior and that crust will melt into molten material

• New rock is being formed

• Two lithospheric plates slide past each other

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What are some land features that are created by plate tectonics?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2