Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes Review

Which layer of Earth is solid, but behaves as a liquid? (Kind of has that putty consistency)

• Crust

• Outer Core

• Mantle

• Inner Core

Why is the Earth's inner core solid?

• Peer Pressure

• High Pressure

• Extreme Heat

• Composition

Which layer of Earth is a liquid?

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Crust

• Outer Core

Alfred Wegner's continental drift hypothesis stated that at one time in Earth's history, all the continents joined together to form...

• Three Supercontinents

• One Supercontinent

• Two Supercontinents

• Eleven Supercontinents

What was the name of the super continent that existed about 250 million years ago?

• Lurasia

• Taiga

• Clubber Lang

• Pangaea

One piece of evidence that supports Alfred Wegner's hypothesis is that...

• fossils of the same species are found on different continents.

• the same magnetic directions exist on different continents.

• land bridges still exist that connect major continents.

• major land rivers on different continents match

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What type of plate boundary occurs when two plates move past each other without destroying or producing new crust?

• convergent

• preform

• transform

• divergent

What type of plate boundary is formed when two plates move away from each other in opposite directions?

• Transform

• Divergent

• Preform

• Convergent

New crust is formed at what types of boundaries?

• convergent boundaries

• transform boundaries

• Papa John's boundaries

• divergent boundaries

What forms when one oceanic plate is forced beneath another plate?

• an ocean ridge

• a subduction zone

• a TGI Friday's

• an ocean basin

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3