Plate Tectonics and Geologic History

States that younger rocks lie above older rocks if the layers have not been disturbed (a)  

• Law of crosscutting
• Law of superposition
• Relative Dating
• Unconformity

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

a model scientists use to describe the timing of events and the relationships between those events in earth’s history.

• geologic time scale

• era

• period

• epoch

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Tectonic plates consist of

• continental crust

• mesospheric crust

• both continental and oceanic crust

• oceanic crust

Pangaea was an ancient supercontinent made up of...

• America, Greenland, and Europe

• Antarctica, India, and America

• all of Earth’s continents

• South Africa, India, Australia, and South America

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which layer of the Earth consists of tectonic plates?

• asthenosphere

• mantle

• mesosphere

• lithosphere

The fact that similar fossils are found on both sides of the ocean is evidence of

• magnetic reversal

• global positioning

• continental drift

• oceanic drift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

At which plate boundary is new crust formed?

• divergent

• convergent

• continental

• transform

What type of crusts are involved with one plate subducting beneath another?

• continental and continental

• Oceanic and continental

• oceanic and divergent

• continental and convergent

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

This evidence shows ancient animals lived on several continents, even though they are an ocean apart.

• Mountain Range Evidence

• Glacial Evidence

• Fossil Evidence

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Mark only those that are evidence for Plate Tectonics:

• Rock Strata

• Porosity

• Fossil Record

• Acceleration

• Continental Drift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3