Plate Tectonics and Volcanoes Quiz

Tectonic plates are part of the Earth's _____. (What layer?)

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Tectonic plates

Which of the following statements is one piece of Alfred Wegner's evidence for plate movement?

• 2 halves of a torn newspaper were found on 2 different continents.

• The Mayan people wrote ancient texts about the existence of Pangea.

• Wegener sat and watched a tectonic plate move over the course of 100 years.

• An ancient fossilized fern was found in places like Antarctica, where it would not be found today.

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Tectonic plates

Describe how convergent and transform boundaries move. (Do they slide past each other, collide, or move apart?)

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Tectonic plates

What type of plate movement is this?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

If Pennsylvania is where the blue dot is, explain to me why we hardly have any earthquakes. (Think about the outlines you see. Remember, all of those red and yellow dots are earthquakes/volcanoes)

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Tectonic plates

Some people say that the Earth is dynamic. Which means constantly changing. Do you agree with this statement? Explain why you agree or disagree using what you know about tectonic plates.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What layer of the Earth are humans on?

• Mantle

• Core

• Crust

The movement of plates cause which of the following events to occur? (3 answers)

• Earthquakes

• Volcanoes

• Weather

• Deep sea trenches

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

True or False: Earthquakes and volcanoes happen ONLY at the boundaries where tectonic plates collide.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What makes volcanoes different from mountains?

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volcanoes