Q3 Challenge 01: Plate Tectonics & Earth's Four Spheres

Convergent ____________

• plates are sliding

  past each other

• plates are moving

  towards each other, creating mountains in the process

• – plates are moving away from each other

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Divergent ____________

• plates are sliding

  past each other

• plates are moving

  towards each other, creating mountains in the process

• plates are moving away from each other

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

In the image, vehicles on both sides of the freeway are passing each like a ________

• Convergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

New oceanic crust forms at:

• Subduction zones

• Mid-ocean ridges

• Transform faults

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The oldest crustal rocks are found on the continents because oceanic crust is constantly being destroyed at places where plates are coming together, such as _______________.

• mid-ocean ridges

• subduction zones

• transform boundaries

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

_____________ oceanic crust is near the subduction zone.

• Older

• Newer

• Sliding side by side

• Convergent

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

In the major spheres, where does plate tectonic activity happen?

• Geosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This sphere includes the continents, the ocean floor, all the rocks on the surface, and all of the sand in the deserts. 

• Hydrosphere 
• Biosphere 
• Atmosphere 
• Geosphere 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Winds in the northern hemisphere seem to be very strong, weathering and winds blow a lot of sediments. What two spheres are interacting here ?

• Geosphere

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6