Island arcs, like the islands of Japan, form when two

oceanic plates scrape past each other.

continental plates scrape past each other.

What does this picture illustrate?

seafloor spreading at a mid-ocean ridge

subduction at a deep ocean trench

converging of continental crust

What causes the tectonic plates to move?

convection currents in the mantle

convection currents on the crust

conduction currents in the mantle

Which best states the current theory of plate tectonics?

The lithosphere is divided into several plates that move on top of the asthenosphere.

Earth's crust is one large tectonic plate that moves around on top of molten magma.

Earth's dinner plates are resistant to tectonic forces from forks, knives, and spoons.

The asthenosphere is divided into several plates that move on top of the lithosphere.

What is the difference between continental plates and oceanic plates?

Oceanic crust is thinner and denser.

Oceanic crust is thicker and less dense.

Oceanic crust is thicker and denser.

Continental crust is thicker and denser.

What happens during the process of subduction?

The denser oceanic plate sinks into the asthenosphere.

Tectonic plates thicken and push upward.

Plate edges scrape against each other.

Magma rises to the surface and cools.

Mirror images of stripes on either side of mid-ocean ridges show

evidence of normal and reversed polarity.

What do the images suggest about continental drift?

Continental drift is a slow process.

Continents drifted apart quickly.

Continents have always been apart.

Continents have stopped moving.

Why were Wegener's ideas of continental drift rejected by his scientific peers?

He could not explain how the continents moved.

His theory did not make any sense.

His ideas where already proven.

Plate Tectonics

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MS-ESS2-3, HS-ESS1-5, MS-ESS2-2

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 4 pts

Which statement is true regarding the age of rock and mid-ocean ridges?

Rock furthest from the ridge is older than rock closest to the ridge.

Rock furthest from the ridge is newer than rock closest to the ridge.

Rock furthest from the ridge is the same age as rock closest to the ridge.

The age of rock and mid-ocean ridges have nothing in common.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

250 million years ago all the continents were joined into one continent called

Gondwana

Laurasia

Pangaea

Tethys

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 3 pts

Tectonic plates are made of

parts of Earth's lithosphere and asthenosphere.

the continental and oceanic crust and the rigid, upper mantle.

continental crust and oceanic crust only.

the very top of the mantle and part of the asthensophere.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle is known as the

asthenosphere

mantle

crust

lithosphere

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Identify the type of plate boundary illustrated.

Convergent

Transform

Divergent

Seafloor Spreading

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What scientific theory states that the continents drifted apart over hundreds of millions of years?

Continental Drift

Evolution

Plate Tectonics

Seafloor Spreading

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Identify the type of plate boundary illustrated.

Convergent

Transform

Divergent

Seafloor Spreading

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Which statement is true regarding the age of rock and mid-ocean ridges?

250 million years ago all the continents were joined into one continent called

Tectonic plates are made of

The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle is known as the

Identify the type of plate boundary illustrated.

What scientific theory states that the continents drifted apart over hundreds of millions of years?

Identify the type of plate boundary illustrated.

Island arcs, like the islands of Japan, form when two

Which events occur at tectonic plate boundaries?

What does this picture illustrate?

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