Earth's Surface

Tectonic plates float on top of the ________

• Crust

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which layer of the Earth is solid iron and nickel?

• Mantle

• Crust

• Inner Core

• Outer core

What is the thinnest and outer most layer of the Earth, that we live on?

• Outer Core

• Crust

• Mantle

• Inner core

Which layer of the Earth is the thickest and is made of molten rock?

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

• Crust

• Mantle

Put these layers in order from the center of Earth outward

• Mantle, crust, inner core, outer core

• outer core, inner core, mantle, crust

• Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

• Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

What does the theory of continental drift state?

• The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
• Continents are stationary and do not move
• The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
• none of the above

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

Earth's crust is broken up into several large rocky pieces called ...

• plates
• faults
• fossils
• puzzle pieces

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This type of plate boundary is when two plates move apart.

• Convergent
• Transform
• Divergent
• Subductive

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This is when two plates converge but one slides under the other due to density.

• Uplift
• Subduction
• Trench
• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What are tectonic plates?

• Pieces of the Earth's crust

• A type of boundary

• Pieces of the Earth's inner and outer core

• Pieces of the mantle that are solid

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3