Plate Tectonics

What is the structure of the Earth?

a

b

c

d

Mantle

Outer Core

Inner Core

Crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The Continental Crust is ?

• buoyant

• dense

• thin

• thick

Organize characteristics of the different Crusts

Groups:

(a) Continental Crust

,

(b) Oceanic

• thin

• old

• young

• buoyant

• dense

• thick

_____ _________ is the theory that proposes that Earth's outer shell consists of individual plates

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

How many plate tectonics are there on the Earth's crust?

• 9

• 14

• 12

• 15

The plate motion causes the plate tectonics to

• collide

• pull apart

• scrape

• All the above

• None of the Above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The word ________ means the deformation of the crust as a consequence of plate interaction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the lithosphere made up of?

• crust

• upper mantle

• mantle

• troposphere

The _____________ lies beneath the lithosphere

Continental Drift is the lateral movement of continents resulting from the motion of crustal plates

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3