Quick Check - Layers of Earth and Plate Boundaries

This solid layer of the Earth is made mostly of iron.

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is the name of this tectonic plate?

• African Plate

• Antarctic Plate

• Arabian Plate

• North American Plate

This animation best depicts which of the following?

• Earthquake

• Volcanic eruption

• Rift valley formation

• Mountain formation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What type of crust is found under the continents?

• Continental

• Oceanic

• Geologic

• Atmospheric

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What mainly happens at transform plate boundaries?

• Subduction

• Mid-ocean ridges

• Earthquakes

• Volcanic eruptions

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What type of crust is found under the oceans?

• Continental

• Oceanic

• Geologic

• Atmospheric

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is likely to happen at this plate boundary?

• Subduction

• Folded mountains

• Trenches

• Sea-floor spreading and mid-ocean ridges

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of these layers is found directly above the earth's outer core?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core