Science Study Guide (oceans/tectonic plates)

The crust and upper mantle make up earth's

• hydrosphere
• atmosphere
• biosphere
• lithosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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Plates of the lithosphere float on the

• asthenosphere
• outer core
• crust
• mantle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The presence of the same _____ on several continents supports the hypothesis of continental drift. (pick two answers)

• fossils
• rivers
• mountains
• rocks

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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Plates are more apart at _______ boundaries.

• Subduction
• Transform
• Divergent
• Convergent

A lack of explanation for continental drift prevented many scientists from accepting that a single super continent called ______ once existed.

• Pangaea
• Eurasia
• Gondwana
• Atlantis

The boundary between two plates moving together is called a _________

• convergent boundary
• subduction boundary
• transform boundary
• divergent boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

While studying the ocean floor scientists found _______ bands of magnetism.

• alternating
• continuous
• static
• uniform

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Wegener believed that the continents were assembled as part of the supercontinent about ______ years ago.

• 150 million
• 100 million
• 200 million

• 250 million

Matching _______ on different continents are evidence for continental drift.

• Deserts
• Rivers
• rock structures

• Mountains

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A _______ is a sensitive device used to detect magnetic fields on the seafloor.

• seismometer
• sonar
• barometer
• magnetometer

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NGSS.MS-PS2-5