Plate Tectonics Review

The part of the lithosphere (crust) that slowly moves over the asthenosphere (mantle)

• Tectonic Plate

• Continent

• Fault

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Plate boundary where two plates move past each other

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Formed when tectonic plates diverge on LAND

• Subduction Zone

• Rift Valley

• Mid-ocean ridge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Break in the Earth's crust

• Tectonic Plate

• Fault

• Subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Plate boundary where a subduction zone forms

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Process by which a more dense plate sinks beneath a less dense plate and back into the mantle

• Subduction

• Seafloor spreading

• Mid-ocean ridge

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Plate boundary where two plates move away from each other

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is one of the four pieces of evidence Wegener used to support his theory of Continental Drift?

• Matching fossils in South America & Africa

• Magnetic Stripes on the seafloor

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What happens to magma that breaks through the ocean floor at a mid-ocean ridge?

• It sinks into mantle

• Creates a subduction zone

• Forms an oceanic mountain range

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following is evidence for seafloor spreading / suggested that Earth's magnetic field may have reversed?

• Coal deposits in Antarctica

• Magnetic stripes on seafloor

• Fossils in South America / Africa

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3