Plate Tectonics

When a continent moves, we call it ____.

• Tectonics

• Drift

• Transfer

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The most recent supercontinent was called ____.

• Gigantia

• Pangaea

• Humongia

It is taken the continents ____ years to drift from Pangaea to their current location.

• 300

• 300 Thousand

• 300 Million

• 300 Billion

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Which two observations provide evidence for Pangaea? (Pick 2)

• The continents look like they fit together like puzzle pieces.

• Ancient textbooks describe a single continent.

• The same fossils have been found in Africa and South America.

• The drifting continents left behind tracks that we can follow.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

How does temperature change as you move from the crust to the core?

• it gets cooler
• it gets hotter
• it stays the same
• the core is frozen

How have scientists learned about the mantle?

• By drilling down to observe it directly

• By making inferences

• By observing pieces of the mantle that rose to Earth's surface

How have scientists learned about the core?

• By drilling down to observe it directly

• By making inferences

• By observing pieces of the core that rose to Earth's surface

Although we say, "The continents drifted" in reality ___.

• The plates moved

• The continents moved

• Nothing moved

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The movement of the plates is caused by ___.

• Magnets

• Asteroids

• Changes in the mantle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Why do the plates move?

• Tides

• Waves

• Currents

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3