Plate Tectonics

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

• Supreme Continent
• Eurasia
• Plate tectonics
• Pangaea

Which of the following occurs because of convection currents?

• Movement of the Earth's crust/tectonic plates.

• The mantle increases in size.

• Pressure in the crust increases.

• Pressure in the crust decreases.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Where does the heat come from that drives the convection currents in the mantle? 

• the sun
• the crust
• the mantle
• the core

What does the idea of continental drift state?

• The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time

• Continents are stationary and do not move

• The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents

• none of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Name the boundary

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• sergent boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Name the boundary

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• sergent boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Name the boundary

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• sergent boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

During the process of sea floor spreading, molten material rises up from the mantle in what area?

• subduction zones

• mid-ocean ridges

• mid-ocean ranges

• north and south poles

Which of the following occurs when one plate slides under another plate?

• submarine

• subducing

• subduction

• subtraction

When transform boundaries slide or scrape past each other horizontally, what is a common result?

• Volcanoes

• mountains

• trenches

• earthquakes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2