Tectonic Plates

What are tectonic plates?

• Pieces of the Earth's crust

• A type of boundary

• Pieces of the Earth's inner and outer core

• Pieces of the mantle that are solid

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Name the tectonic plate that Australia sits on

• African

• Nazca

• Antarctic

• Indoaustralian

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the correct order of the layers of the Earth from the thickest to thinnest?

• crust, inner core, outer core, mantle

• outer core, inner core, mantle, crust

• inner core, mantle, outer core, crust

• mantle, outer core, inner core, crust

Which layer(s) of the Earth is/are solid? select all that apply

• outer core

• mantle

• inner core

• crust

How long ago did the Earth first form?

• 4.6 million years

• 13.8 million years

• 4.6 billion years

• 13.8 billion years

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

What is the name of the process where hot air/liquids rise and cool air/liquids drop?

• natural currents

• convergent currents

• conduction currents

• convection currents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which of the following phenomena is not produced due to the Earth's magnetic field?

• protection against cosmic radiation

• compasses pointing north

• gravity

• aurora borealis

What are the 3 types of tectonic plate boundaries?

• convergent, divergent, mid ocean ridge

• divergent, convergent, allegiant

• convergent, divergent, oblique

• divergent, convergent, transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which way do plates in a divergent boundary move?

• toward each other

• parallel to each other

• away from each other

• perpendicular to each other

Which way do plates in a transform boundary move?

• toward each other

• parallel to each other

• away from each other

• perpendicular to each other