Plate Tectonics

Over 300 million years ago, this super continent existed

• North America

• Pangaea

• Eurasia

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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______ ______ proposed the continental drift theory.

• Einstein

• John Cena

• Alfred Wegener

This type of boundary creates....

• volcanoes

• earthquakes

• mountains

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

This type of boundary creates

• earthquakes

• tsunamis

• volcanoes

• mountains

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This type of boundary causes earthquakes. It's called a ________ boundary.

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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oceanic crust is more dense than continental crust.

• true

• false

sea floor spreading creates ______ crust.

• old

• thick

• new

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Wegener had 4 pieces of supporting evidence to support his Continental Drift Theory. Select his evidence from the options below.

• They didn't believe rocks could move

• earth's crust is the thinnest layer

• climate evidence

• Convection currents in the mantle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

sea floor spreading ONLY occurs during a ________ boundary.

• continental crust (transform)

• oceanic divergent boundary

• convergent oceanic boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which country merged with Asia?

• Africa

• India

• Brazil

• China