Plate Tectonics Review

The horizontal lines on the map are...

• Latitude

• Longitude

Measures North and South of the equator

• Latitude

• Longitude

Measures East and West of the Prime Meridian

• Latitude

• Longitude

____ currents inside Earth's Mantle are waht drive plate motion.

• Vertical

• Horizontal

• Convection

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The majority of earthquakes and volcanoes take place at_______

• Earth's Core

• Plate Centers

• Ocean Margins

• Plate Boundaries

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The presence of the same _______ on several continents supports the theory of continental drift.

• Fossils

• Rocks

• Neither A nor B

• Both A and B

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The hypothesis that continents have slowly moved to their current location is called_______

• Continental Drift

• Magnetic Reversal

• Continental Slope

• Convection

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Plates move apart at _______ boundaries.

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The single, large landmass that was found on Earth over 240 million years ago

• Glomar

• Pangaea

• Glossopteris

• Wegener

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

Finding similar and ___________ on different continents is evidence for continental drift.

• River systems

• Weather patterns

• Widespread plants

• Wind Systems

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3