Tectonic Plate Boundaries

Compared to ocean crust near deep-sea trenches, crust near ocean ridges is

• younger

• older

• the same age

• magnetically reversed

Subduction results in the formation of

• a deep-sea trench

• a magnetic reversal

• a rift valley

• new continental crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of these are tectonic plate boundaries? Check all that apply.

• Divergent

• Transform

• Convergent

• Moving

(a)   boundaries result in only earthquakes and nothing else.

Is this fun?

• Yes

• NO!

• (shrugs) No opinion

• SOUP!

What is the difference between oceanic and continental crust?

What is the name of the Mesozoic supercontinent that consisted of all of the present continents?

• Eurasia

• Laurasia

• Pangea

• Gondwanaland

New oceanic lithosphere forms at

• divergent plate boundaries

• convergent plate boundaries

• transform plate boundaries

• all of these are possible

The Hawaiian islands formed at a

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

• none of these

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which is the correct order of the layers of the earth from coldest to hottest?

• Outer core, crust, mantle, inner core

• Mantle, crust, outer core, inner core

• Crust, inner core, outer core, mantle

• Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core