Tectonic plates

Which layer of the Earth has the greatest density?

• Upper Mantle

• Lower Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

A divergent plate boundary forms when ________.

• A denser plate sinks below a more buoyant plate

• Two plates separate

• When two plates collide

• When two plates slide past each other

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which layer of the Earth is the thickest?

• Core

• Lithosphere

• Mantle

• Crust

What type of plate movement is represented below?

• Convergence and subduction

• Convergence and uplift(mountains)

• Divergence

• Sliding

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Less dense materials will be on _____. More dense materials will be on _____.

• Top, Bottom.

• Bottom, Top.

• Top, Middle

• Middle, Bottom

Which layer of earth is brittle, rocky, and has the least density.

• Mantle

• Asthenosphere

• Core

• Crust

The crust below the ocean is called ____?

• Upper Mantle

• Oceanic Crust

• Crust

• Continental Crust

The crust on land is called the ______.

• Oceanic Crust

• Upper Mantle

• Crust

• Continental crust

What is it called when two plates slide past each other? *San Andreas Fault*

• Push and Pull Ridge push and Slab pull

• Transform plate boundaries

• Convergent plate boundaries

• Divergent plate boundries

Which earth layer is #2?

• Crust
• Mantle
• Outer core
• Inner core