Weather/Tectonic Plates REVIEW

Who is the scientist who proposed Continental Drift Theory?

• Albert Einstein

• Alfred Wegener

• Isaac Newton

• John Dalton

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

According to the continental drift hypothesis, the presence of similar fossils in South America and Africa supports which scientific idea?

• Animals easily and frequently travel from Africa to South America.

• Species of animals probably traveled between continents on natural rafts (such as trees destroyed in tsunamis).

• Land bridges once existed that connected the continents.

• South America and Africa were once connected together.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

This plate boundary moves land apart, creating an ocean trench or a valley on land : ________________________

• Divergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Convergent boundary

This tectonic plate boundary creates mountain ranges: ____________________

• Divergent boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Transform boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What causes tectonic plates to move?

• convection currents in the mantle

• gravity

• heat from the sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which tectonic plate boundary SLIDES past each other...

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Continental

Which tectonic plate moves TOWARDS each other...

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Continental

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which tectonic plate moves AWAY from each other...

• Divergent

• Continental

• Transform

• Covergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Name this boundary

• Convergent
• Divergent
• Transform
• Sergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Name the boundary

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• sergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3