ENVS - Plate Tectonics

Mountains form from....

• Plates sliding past one another
• collision of plates
• plates moving away from each other
• none of these

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Earth's plates are....

• Constantly moving and changing the face of the Earth
• Never moved
• Move seldom and very fast
• move when they feel like it

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent?

• Supreme Continent
• Eurasia
• Plate tectonics
• Pangea

Describe the most likely relationship between these mountains and nearby tectonic plates.

• The mountains are probably formed by earthquakes

• The mountains are probably formed by the movement of glaciers

• The mountains are probably located near the edge of 2 tectonic plates.

• The mountains are probably formed by running water.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A map is provided that presents information on a certain region of the Earth. Based on the information on the map, at which location are mountains most likely to form?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Tectonic plates:

• can move towards each other

• can move away from each other

• can slide past each other

• All of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What happens at a divergent boundary?

• Crust is destroyed

• Crust is created

• Crust is neither created nor destroyed

Tectonic plates are made up of continental crust and ________ crust.

• continental
• oceanic
• plates
• mantle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Why is the inner core solid?

• its unknown
• what it's made of
• the pressure
• it is colder than the outer core

What layer is a semisolid and acts like a plastic?

• Lithosphere
• Mantle
• Asthenosphere
• crust