Plate Tectonics

Identify the Major Plate labeled B

• African Plate
• Antarctic Plate
• Pacific Plate
• Eurasian Plate 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Identify the Major Plate labeled I

• African Plate
• Antarctic Plate
• Pacific Plate
• Eurasian Plate 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Identify the Major Plate labeled N

• African Plate
• Antarctic Plate
• Pacific Plate
• Eurasian Plate 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Identify the Major Plate labeled J

• African Plate
• Antarctic Plate
• Pacific Plate
• Eurasian Plate 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Identify the Major Plate labeled D

• Indo-Australian Plate
• North American Plate
• South Americana Plate
• Eurasian Plate 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Identify the Major Plate labeled L

• Indo-Australian Plate
• North American Plate
• South Americana Plate
• Eurasian Plate 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Identify the Major Plate labeled G

• Indo-Australian Plate
• North American Plate
• South Americana Plate
• Eurasian Plate 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which explains that the continents were once joined together and over time they broke up and then drifted apart?

• Plate Tectonic Theory
• Continental Drift 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of these explains that Earth's outer layer is broken into large slowly moving pieces? 

• Plate Tectonic Theory
• Continental Drift 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This boundary is described by two plates moving away from eachother along the edges and separating. The resulting gap allows magma to rise and create new crust, forming new lithosphere. 

• Convergent Boundary 
• Divergent Boundary  
• Transform Boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3