Plate Tectonics and Rock Cycle Review

The rock cycle is driven in part by _________________.

• The Earth's mantle

• The Earth's core

• The Earth's tectonic plates

• The Earth's rock cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Plate Tectonics supports the idea that all continents were once fused together called _____________ .

• The rock cycle

• Supercontinent

• The crust

• Pangea

______________________ continually adds materials to the ocean floor creating ocean floor.

• Sea-floor spreading

• Ocean trenches

• Divergent mid-ocean ridges

• Convergent mid-ocean ridges

A theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust is called _________________

• Pangea

• Plate Tectonics

• The Rock Cycle

• Sea-floor spreading

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which type of crust is more dense and thinner?

• Continental

• Asthenosphere

• Oceanic

• Byers

Any type of rock can transform into any type of rock because of plate motion.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What do geologists call the Earth’s crust and upper mantle?

• lithosphere

• mesosphere

• asthenosphere

• stratusphere

What is the layer of rock that forms Earth's surface called?

• crust

• mantle

• core

• ocean

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is one of several huge pieces of Earth's crust?

• tectonic plate

• ocean

• mantle

• core

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Where is the layer of semi-solid rock between Earth’s crust and core?

• mantle

• core

• crust

• atmosphere