Plate tectonics vocabulary
Authored by Jessie Simmons
Science
6th - 8th Grade
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1.
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1 min • 1 pt
The theory that continents were once connected but have drifted apart.
(a)
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The thin, solid, outermost layer of the Earth; is either continental landmasses or oceanic ocean floors.
mantel
asthenosphere
crust
3.
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The mineralized remains of organisms, showing how long-dead organisms lived and how their bodies were structured.
(a)
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NGSS.MS-LS4-1
NGSS.MS-LS4-2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The solid layer of Earth between the crust and the core; made of dense silicates.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Fossils that are widespread, come from organisms that lived over a relatively short period of time, and can be used to correlate rock strata
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
6.
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1 min • 1 pt
The theory that the crust is divided into large pieces called tectonic plates that slowly move on top of the mantel
(a)
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Huge piece of crust that slowly moves on the upper ductile part of the mantel.
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1
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