Plate Tectonics Interactive

How thick is each layer of the Earth?

• 2300 km

• Continental Crust

• 2900 km

• Oceanic Crust

• 30 km

• Inner Core

• 1200 km

• Outer Core

• 5 km

• Mantle

What scientist developed the theory that the Earth's crust is moving?

• Wegener

• Newton

• Einstein

• Squarepants

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the name of the supercontinent that was made up of all the Earth's landmass?

• Pangaea

• Terabithia

• Allandia

• Amerasiafricantarcteuralia

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The Earth's rocky outer layer is called the

• lithosphere

• atmosphere

• platosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Order the images of the continents over time: (1) 225 million years ago

(2) 135 million years ago (3) today

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The Earth is covered with __ (number) tectonic plates.

Match the arrows to the boundary type

• convergent

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• transform

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• divergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2