Pangaea is only the most recent example of a ___.

• supercontinent

• mass extinction

• continental rift

• plat boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What kind of plate boundary tends to produce volcanic islands?

• ocean-ocean convergent boundary

• ocean-continent convergent boundary

• transform boundary

• divergent boundary

What is the name of the process in which one converging plate moves below the other converging plate?

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

What process produces the magma that rises above a subducting plate and results in volcanoes on the overriding plate?

• partial melting

• pressure-release fracturing

• Plinian eruptions

• boundary collapse

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

Why did Wegener's theory of continental drift face widespread criticism?

• He couldn't provide a mechanism.

• He didn't have enough evidence.

• His ideas were actually stolen from someone else.

• No on understood it.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which one of these was an example of evidence Wegener provided for the existence of Pangaea?

• Fossils found across different continents

• Volcanoes occurring at plate boundaries

• The measurable shrinking of the Earth's volume

• The observation of plate tectonics on other planets

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Reorder the layers of the Earth from the deepest to the shallowest.

• Lithosphere

• Inner core

• Lower Mantle

• Asthenosphere

• Outer core

What kinds of plate boundaries occur at seafloor spreading sites?

• Divergent

• Transform

• Ocean-ocean convergent

• Continent-ocean convergent

• Continent-continent convergent

​ (a)   occurs at divergent plate boundaries to move plates, while ​ (b)   occurs at convergent plate boundaries involving oceanic plates and also moves plates.

• Ridge Push
• Slab Pull
• Partial Melting
• Paleomagnetism
• Convection

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What process of heat transfer also contributes to the movement of tectonic plates?

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Advection

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3