AICE Marine - Earth Processes

What are the layers of the Earth?

• Crust, Mantle, Core

• Crust, Mesosphere, Core

• Plates, Crust, Mantle, Core

• Mantle, Crust, Core

What is the difference between oceanic and continental crust? (choose 2)

• Oceanic is dense and thin.

• Oceanic is less dense and thin.

• Continental is thick and less dense

• Continental is less dense and thin

• Continental is dense and thin

The theory the describes how the entire planet is made of different plates that move past, away, and into each other that move at different speeds is called:

• Continental drift

• Plate tectonics

• Global formation

• Wegner's law

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following is NOT evidence of plate tectonics?

• The geological matching of rock formations on different continents

• Distribution of similar fossils and living organism on different continents

• Paleomagnetic stripes on the ocean floor

• The jigsaw fit on the continental coastline

• Volcanic islands above hot spots located in remote places

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Match the image to the correct plate boundary

• Convergent

• 
• Divergent

• 
• Transform

• 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Match the formations/events with the tectonic plate boundary causes them.

Groups:

(a) Convergent

,

(b) Divergent

,

(c) Transform

• Mid-ocean ridge

• (most) Volcanoes

• Major earthquakes

• Trenches

• Abyssal plain

Hydrothermal vents occur at which plate boundary(ies)

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

The Hawaiian Islands are an example of volcanic islands formed by:

• Convergent boundaries

• Divergent boundaries

• Transform boundaries

• Hotspot

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

(a)   : an area where cold ocean water that has seeped into the Earth's crust is superheated by underlying magma and forced through vents in the ocean floor.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Order the steps to a hydrothermal vent:

• The water is superheated by magma

• Seawater seeps into cracks in the crust

• The water cools rapidly, going from over 200C to 2C

• The plume spreads out and can be detected from a great distance

• The water moves out under high pressure, leeching out minerals

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1