Tectonic Plates

What is the scientific theory that explains the movement of Earth's lithosphere?

• Continental Drift

• Plate Tectonics

• Seafloor Spreading

• Volcanism

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What is the lithosphere divided into?

• Layers

• Oceans

• Plates

• Continents

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What drives the movement of tectonic plates?

• Ocean Currents

• Wind Patterns

• Convection in the Mantle

• Earth's Rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What does plate tectonics help explain?

• Weather Patterns

• Geological Features and Phenomena

• Ocean Currents

• Atmospheric Pressure

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

How many major tectonic plates does the Earth have?

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

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What drives the movement of tectonic plates

• Convection currents in the mantle

• Ocean currents

• Wind patterns

• Solar radiation

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What creates the convection currents in the Earth's mantle?

• Heat from radioactive decay in the Earth's core

• Solar energy

• Ocean tides

• Wind erosion

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What happens to hot and cool material in the Earth's mantle?

• Hot material rises and cool material sinks

• Hot material sinks and cool material rises

• Both hot and cool material rise

• Both hot and cool material sink

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What is the result of the circulation created by rising hot material and sinking cool material?

• It causes tectonic plates to move

• It creates ocean currents

• It generates wind patterns

• It forms mountain ranges

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Which type of plate boundary involves plates moving towards each other?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Parallel