Plate Tectonics

When plates push together they cause

 

• Ocean basins

• Mountains

• River Valleys

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

When plates pull apart they cause

• Ocean basins

• Mountains

• River Valleys

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

When plates slide past each other they cause

• Ocean basins

• Volcanoes and Earthquakes

• River Valleys

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

When plates slide past each other they cause a crack

     to form in the earth.  This crack is called a

• Volcano

• Fault

• Mountain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the name for the supercontinent?

• Pangaea

• Southern Africa

• Northern China

• Eurasia

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of organisms can be turned into fossils?

• Only plants

• Only animals

• Both plants and animals

• Neither plants nor animals

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Scientists think that the reason the plates move is because

• The ocean waves push them

• The gravity of the Sun

• The convection currents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following is not a type of plate boundary?

•  Convergent

• Transform

• Normal

• Divergent

Why do cooler materials sink?

• They are denser than the surrounding area

• They are less dense than the surrounding area

• They are the same density as the surrounding area

Where do the convection currents occur?

• The mantle

• The lithosphere

• The asthenosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1