Rock Cycle & Plate Tectonics

Where are tectonic plates located?

• outer core

• lithosphere

• asthenosphere

• mesosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What process drives the movement of tectonic plates?

• movement of ocean currents

• gravitational pull of the moon

• convection currents in the mantle

• magnetic field of the Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of plate boundary has plates moving apart?

• divergent

• transform

• convergent

What type of plate boundary has plates crashing into each other?

• divergent

• transform

• convergent

When plates slide past each other in opposite direction, it is which type of boundary?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

What is it called when rock changes from one type to another?

• rock and roll

• rock cycle

• Rock drift

• rock tectonics

What type of plate boundary & crust type usually creates tall mountains?

• Convergent, continental-oceanic
• Divergent, continental-continental
• Convergent, continental-continental
• Transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What type of rock is formed deep underground through heat and pressure?

• Igneous
• Sedimentray
• Metamorphic
• None of these

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The youngest rocks would be located _____

• Closest to the mid-ocean ridge
• farthest away from the mid-ocean ridge
• in the middle of the mid-ocean ridge
• none of these

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What are the 3 main rocks?

• Sedimentary, Metamorphic, Melting

• Sedimentary, Igneous, Reburial

• Sedimentary, Igneous, Metamorphic