Tectonic Plates

What name was given to this landmass? It was the ancient supercontinent where all the current continents were together.

• Plate Tectonics

• Oceana

• Pangea

• Atlantic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

An illustration of the major tectonic plates is provided. Which of the labeled plates in the illustration is the Eurasian Plate?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

An illustration of the major tectonic plates is provided. Which of the labeled plates in the illustration is the Indo-Australian Plate?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which continental tectonic plate lies underneath the starred region?

• North American Plate

• South American Plate

• Eurasian Plate

• African Plate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which continental tectonic plate lies underneath X?

• Pacific Plate

• South American Plate

• Indo-Australian PLate

• Antarctic Place

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move on the asthenosphere and consist of the crust and the rigid, uppermost part of the mantle. They're like puzzle pieces.

• tectonic plates

• North American Plate

• Eurasian Plate

• African Plate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of Greenland, North America, Siberia, and the surrounding oceanic crust.

• tectonic plates

• African Plate

• North American Plate

• South American Plate

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere, including most of the landmasses of Europe and Asia.

• South American Plate

• North American Plate

• Eurasian Plate

• African Plate

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of Africa and the surrounding oceanic crust.

• African Plate

• South American Plate

• North American Plate

• Eurasian Plate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of South America and the oceanic crust extending to the Mid-Atlantic ridge.

• North American Plate

• Eurasian Plate

• African Plate

• South American Plate