Divergent Exit Ticket

As ___________ convects, the plates on the ___________ move in directions

• Asthenosphere; Mantle

• Lithosphere; Asthenosphere

• Asthenosphere; Lithosphere

• Lithosphere; Mantle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which scientist noted that there were plant fossils along the southern continents that hinted towards the formation of Gondwanaland

• Snider-Pellegrini

• Suess

• Wegner

• Hess

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which scientist is most credited for the theory of Continental Drift

• Snider-Pellegrini

• Suess

• Wegner

• Hess

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

All of the following EXCEPT are evidence to support continental drift

• Similar mountain ranges and rock sequences in different continents

• A fresh water animal fossil found on continents oceans apart

• Coal deposits in Antarctica match with those in Africa

• Continental Fit

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What was not a key piece of evidence to provide the mechanism of plate tectonics?

• Magnetic stripes from pole reversals matched along the ridge

• Age of the rock on each side matched along the ridge

• Midocean ridges have the newest rock forming

• The continental fit

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The Plate Tectonic Theory has been around for hundreds of years and was widely accepted

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

It was fairly accepted that the continents could move, but most scientists lacked the mechanism to make them move

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Where the convection cells are rising,

• New crust is forming at spreading ridges

• Crust is being recycled at subduction zones

• Crust is being recycled at spreading zones

• New crust is forming at subduction zones

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

All of the following are common features at divergent boundaries except-

• Large fractures

• Deep focus earthquakes

• Basaltic lava

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Rift Valleys are divergent boundaries on the continent

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3