Tectonic Plates and Plate Boundaries

____________ is the scientist credited with the theory of continental drift (which led to the theory of plate tectonics).

• lithosphere

• Pangaea

• subduction zone

• tectonic

• Wegener

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Which layer of Earth is characterized by rock that is plastic, or soft enough to flow?

• asthenosphere

• crust

• lithosphere

• inner core

What geological event can be created in the plate boundary shown below?

• Rift Valley

• Sea Floor Spreading

• Earthquakes

• Volcanoes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The diagram illustrates the movements of tectonic plates on Earth. Which statement best describes this diagram?

• It shows the convection currents in the mantle.

• It shows the convection currents in the outer core.

• It shows the radiation of heat through the mantle.

• It shows the conduction of heat in the mantle.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The diagram illustrates a strike slip fault. What is another name for a strike slip fault?

• convergent subduction boundary

• convergent collision boundary

• transform boundary

• divergent boundary

Which of the following statement best summarizes the Theory of Plate Tectonics?

• The continents don't move and stay in their current locations.

• There are convection currents in the mantle that move the Earth’s tectonic plates

• The Earth’s lithosphere contains convection currents that move the mantle below.

• The Earth is broken into sections that fit together into one super-continent.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A teacher used a pot of boiling water and wood blocks to demonstrate plate tectonics. In the demonstration, the wood blocks represent

• convection currents

• lithospheric (tectonic) plates

• boats

• the mantle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Two plates that move away from each other are..

• Divergent

• Converging

• Transforming

• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Mountains are formed at ______ plate boundaries

• transform

• divergent

• convergent

• None of the above

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

The theory of ______ states that the Earth is broken up into pieces that move because of convection currents that happen in the asthenosphere

• volcanoes

• sea floor spreading

• continental drift

• Plate tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3