Earth Structure and Evidence of Drift

The idea that continents were once part of a single landmass that broke apart and

moved

• Continental Drift

• Tectonic Plates

• Transform

• Subduct

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The land mass where all of the continents were once together in one large continent is called ________________.

• Laurasia

• Pangaea

• Eurasia

• Gondwana

Tectonic plates consist of

• continental crust

• inner core

• both continental and oceanic crust

• oceanic crust

• outer core

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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

• magnetic reversal

• sonar

• continental drift

• plate boundaries

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by

• the rotation of the earth

• convection currents in the Asthenosphere

• the gravity of the core

• the pressure of the atmosphere

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What are the two types of crust

• mantle

• continental

• asthenosphere

• core

• oceanic

What is this a picture of?

• Plate tectonics

• Pangaea

• continental drift

• Ice Age

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

How fast the continents move?

• 1-4 inches per day

• 1-4 inches per week

• 1-4 inches per month

• 1-4 inches per year

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The crust is

• Layer of molten metal.

• Outermost layer of the Earth.

• Made up of the lithosphere and asthenosphere.

• Innermost layer of solid metal.

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

• magnetic reversal

• sonar

• continental drift

• plate boundaries

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3