Plate Tectonics, Layers of the Earth & Rocks

Tectonic plates consist of

• continental crust

• mesospheric crust

• both continental and oceanic crust

• oceanic crust

Pangaea was an ancient supercontinent made up of...

• America, Greenland, and Europe

• Antarctica, India, and America

• all of Earth’s continents

• South Africa, India, Australia, and South America

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which layer of the Earth consists of tectonic plates?

• asthenosphere

• mantle

• mesosphere

• lithosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The fact that similar fossils are found on both sides of the ocean is evidence of

• magnetic reversal

• global positioning

• continental drift

• oceanic drift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A location where two tectonic plates collide is known as a _________ boundary.

• Convergent
• Divergent
• Transform
• Spreading

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which layer of Earth flows slowly and causes the crust to move?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Outer core

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth’s layers?

• crust, outer core, inner core, mantle

• mantle, outer core, inner core, crust

• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

• outer core, inner core, crust, mantle

An opening on the Earth's crust through which hot molten rock flows out from deep inside the Earth.

• Volcano

• Fault line

• Fold

• Crater

What causes magma to move which in turn makes the crust of the Earth move?

• Heat from the sun.

• The heat from the Core/the middle of the Earth.

• Volcanoes

• Heat from the crust of the Earth.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What type of rock is this?

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary