Describing Earth's Plates

Plates are huge, rigid slabs of rock.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Plates are different SIZES.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Plates are all about the SAME thickness.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Plate boundaries form MOST of the coastlines of the world.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Plates move very slowly.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Plates FLOAT on top of hot, LIQUID magma.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Some of the plates have large gaps between them.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Plates can include both continental crust and ocean basin.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Plates are stacked in layers.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Each plate forms a continent.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3