Plate Tectonics 1.12,23

The image illustrates what type of boundary?

• Divergent
• Convergent
• Transform
• Emergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which layer is contains the convection currents?

• Asthenosphere
• Lithosphere
• Mesosphere

Which layer includes the crust and the upper mantle?

• Asthenosphere
• Lithosphere
• Mesosphere

What is the correct order from the center of the earth to the surface of the earth?

• Crust, Mantle, Inner core , Outer core
• Crust, Mantle, Outer core , Inner core
• Inner core, Outer core, mantle, crust
• Outer core , Inner core, Mantle, Crust

The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by

• the rotation of the Earth.

• convection currents in the Asthenosphere

• the gravity of the iron-nickel core.

• the Moho discontinuity.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What geological forces might be responsible for this range of mountains?

• diverging tectonic plates
• erosion of the land by the ocean
• converging tectonic plates
• deposition of sediments by the ocean
  

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The Earth’s surface is not a solid surface but is divided into

• several oceanic plates.
• continental and crustal plates.
  
• seven continental plates.
• continental and oceanic plates.
  

___________ currents in the Earth's asthenosphere cause plate to shift at their boundaries. This movement also causes earthquakes and volcanic activity.

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• ocean

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

At a mid-ocean ridge, melted rock rises through cracks in the _________.

• ceiling

• river

• inner core

• sea floor

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

___________ is the process by which

new oceanic lithosphere (sea floor) forms as magma rises to Earth’s surface and solidifies at a mid-ocean ridge.

• Continental drift

• Sea-floor spreading

• Plate tectonics

• Mid-ocean range