Plate Tectonics

Volcanoes are openings in the Earth's _______

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

• Crust

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What layer can we find lava on?

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

• Crust

• Mantle

What layer can we find magma?

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

• Mantle

• Crust

Mountains and volcanoes can be found on this layer of Earth:

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

• Mantle

• Crust

Mountains are found close to a boundary between _____

• Oceanic & oceanic plates

• Oceanic & continental plates

• Continental & Continental plates

• Crust & Mantle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Volcanoes are found close to a boundary between ____

• Oceanic & oceanic plates

• Oceanic & continental plates

• Continental & continental plates

• Crust & mantle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

After they collide, the oceanic plate will ____ the continental plate.

• Rise above

• Sink below

• Float near

• Stay next to

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Oceanic plates sink below continental plates because they are ___

• Less dense

• More dense

What layer does the oceanic crust sink into?

• Crust

• Core

• Mantle

• Space

When the oceanic plate moves into the mantle, the bedrock ___.

• Melts

• Softens

• Creeps

• Freezes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2