7th Grade Dynamic Earth

Volcanoes most often occur at or around subduction zones.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

1. The Mid Atlantic Ridge is responsible for continents moving closer and closer towards each other.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

1. Marie Tharp coined the phrase seafloor spreading, which finally helped prove Alfred Wegener’s theory on continental drift accurate.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

All of Earth’s land combined as one mass.

• Supercontinent

• Fault Zone

• Subduction Zone

• Continental drift

• Ocean Ridge

an area along a fault with many broken pieces of crust.

• Supercontinent

• Fault Zone

• Subduction Zone

• Continental drift

• Ocean Ridge

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

underwater mountain ranges/volcanoes

• Supercontinent

• Fault Zone

• Subduction Zone

• Continental drift

• Ocean Ridge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

where one plate is pushed under another.

• Supercontinent

• Fault Zone

• Subduction Zone

• Continental drift

• Ocean Ridge

the movement of continents from plate tectonics

• Supercontinent

• Fault Zone

• Subduction Zone

• Continental drift

• Ocean Ridge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

come together

• Diverge

• Converge

• Volcano

• Volcanic arc

• Ocean Trench

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

separate

• Diverge

• Converge

• Volcano

• Volcanic arc

• Ocean Trench