The Lithosphere

Earth's thin outer layer

• Erosion
• Magma
• Crust
• Core

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The pieces of Earth's crust that compose the lithosphere

• Tectonic plates
• Core
• Asthenosphere
• Fault

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The Earth's lithosphere contains

• The upper mantle

• The oceanic crust

• The continental crust

• All are correct

A break in Earth's crust

• Mantle
• Ozone
• Fault
• Volcano

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Layer of Earth between the crust and the core

• Granite
• Mantle
• Lithosphere
• Upper crust

The area where two tectonic plates move apart from one another is known as a

• Hot spot
• Convergent boundary
• Divergent boundary
• Transform boundary

The area where two tectonic plates move towards one another creating a subduction zone

• Convergent boundary
• Transform boundary
• Divergent boundary
• Fault

The creation of new sea floor occurs at _____________________ plate boundaries.

• transform

• divergent

• convergent

• continental-continental

The area where two tectonic plates slide along one another is known as a

• Convergent boundary
• Transform boundary
• Divergent boundary
• Volcano

Famous transform boundary (fault) running through the state of California

• Eurasian Boundary
• North American Fault
• San Andreas Fault
• South American Fault

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2