Geosphere Lesson Check

Which layer of Earth is made up of tectonic plates?

• outer core
• inner core
• asthenosphere
• lithosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What layer is found underneath the lithosphere? This layer consist of pliable material which allows tectonic plates to move.

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as _______

• convection.

• continental drift.

• subduction.

• conduction.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

All of the following were used as evidence to prove Pangaea existed EXCEPT:

• fossil evidence

• magnetic field evidence

• rock evidence

• climate evidence

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Peer scientists reviewing Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift rejected his notion because

• His evidence was too few to make a valid conclusion 
• He did not explain how continents move and what moves them
• His evidence was not clear in showing  how continents were joined
• He lied by including false evidence

Most scientists agree that the process that is causing tectonic plates to move is:

• Radiation in the core

• Conduction in the lithosphere

• Convection in the asthenosphere

• None of these options is true

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of these phenomenon is not directly caused by plate tectonics?

• Volcanic eruptions

• Earthquakes

• Landslides

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• submergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

At which type of plate boundary is NEW CRUST formed?

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

Canyons are formed by_____.

• Erosion

• Plate movement

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2