Plate Tectonics

Where are the tectonic plates found?

• Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

• Crust

• Mantle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which layer of the mantle is made up of molten rock?

• Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

• Lower Mantle

What type of tectonic plate is found underneath the oceans?

• Continental Plates

• Oceanic Plates

• Dinner Plates

What type of tectonic plates are found underneath the continents?

• Oceanic Plates

• Continental Plates

• Fancy Plates

What is the name of the super continent that existed 230-300 million years ago?

• North America

• Eurasia

• Pangaea

• Pancake

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The theory that states that all the continents were once all one and later separated was called?

• Theory of Plate Tectonics

• Theory of Seafloor Spreading

• Theory of Continental Drift

Which of the following was evidence Wegener used to support his Theory of Continental Drift?

• Evidence from Fossils

• Evidence from Climate Change

• Evidence from Space Debris

• Evidence from Landforms

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What is the name given to the place where two tectonic plates meet?

• Plate Border

• Plate Divide

• Plate Boundary

What type of movement happens at a convergent plate boundary?

• Plates Collide

• Plates Divide

• Plates slide

What type of movement happens at a transform plate boundary?

• Plates slide

• Plates collide

• Plates divide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3