E5afg. Earth Layers, Plate Tectonics, Fossils

Who proposed the continental drift theory?

• Harry Hess

• Alfred Wegner

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

• Convergent Boundary
• Divergent Boundary
• Transform Boundary
• Plate Boundary

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Plate
• Divergent
• Convergent
• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of event will occur at this boundary?

• Earthquake
• Volcano Eruption
• Tornado
• Mountain Building

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

• Pull apart
• Come together
• Slide past each other
• subducting

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Transform
• Convergent
• Divergent
• Plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What was the super continent named?

• Pangea

• North America

• Eurasia

• Wakanda

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A Volcanic arc of islands can from from magma which is pushed up at a __________ plate boundary

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?

• Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created
• New crust is underwater where it sinks
• New crust breaks more easily than old crust

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Mountains are created when....

• Two continental plates collide
• Two oceanic plates pull apart
• An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate
• Two continental plates pull apart

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2