Earth Movement Task Cards

What layer of the Earth is mostly molten iron and nickel?

• Crust

• Inner Core

• Mantle

• Outer Core

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is the outermost layer of the Earth?

• Crust

• Inner Core

• Mantle

• Outer Core

What is the largest layer of the Earth that contains circulating magma?

• Crust

• Inner Core

• Mantle

• Outer Core

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What layer of Earth is mostly solid iron and nickel?

• Crust

• Inner Core

• Mantle

• Outer Core

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is the crust and the rigid layer of the mantle connected to the crust called?

• Asthenosphere

• Inner Core

• Lithosphere

• Outer Core

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What are enormous fractures in the Earth's crust called?

• Pangaea

• Convection Current

• Fault

• Continental Drift

What theory states that Earth's continents were once joined in a single large landmass that later broke apart?

• Pangaea

• Convection current

• Fault

• Continental drift

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the cycling of heat that drags the plates around?

• Pangaea

• Convection current

• Fault

• Continental drift

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is the movement of one plate under another called in the context of Earth's geological activities?

• Convection current

• Fault

• Subduction

• Continental drift

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the boundary between plates sliding past each other called?

• A. Divergent

• B. Convergent

• C. Transform

• D. Subductive

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3