Plate Tectonics

​ (a)   was proposed by ​ (b)   and suggested that the ​ (c)   are in constant motion.

• Continental drift
• Alfred Wegener
• continents
• Harry Hess
• Seafloor Spreading
• oceans

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The earth's plates, rigid slabs of rock, "float" on the ___ .

• asthenosphere

• lithosphere

• mantle

• granitic rock

The earth's outer shell is divided into slabs of rock called ______ .

• continental plates

• crustal plates

• trench plates

• tectonic plates

Match the following

• transform

• 
• divergent

• 
• convergent

• 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

At which plate boundary is new crust formed?

• divergent

• convergent

• continental

• transform

What types of landforms are formed at convergent boundaries?

PICK TWO

• volcanoes

• new crust

• Trenches

• rift valley

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the WHOLE AREA called where the oceanic crust goes beneath the continental crust?

• subtraction zone

• section zone

• secondary zone

• subduction zone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Drag the labels to the correct the locations on the diagram.

a

b

c

d

e

Mid-ocean Ridge

divergent boundary

slab pull

convergent boundary

trench

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Select ALL the reasons for plate movement.

• Polar Reversal

• Convection Currents

• Ridge Push

• Slab Pull

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• subducting

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3