Plate Motions Review

Underneath the Earth's continents & oceans is hard, solid rock.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Underneath the surface, Earth's outer layer is...

• Made of Sand and Water

• Made of hard, solid rock

• Under land it is made of hard, solid rock & under water it is made of sand

• Made of water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which image shows what happens at a divergent plate boundary?

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What could explain how these fossils got so far apart?

• As the plates slowly moved far apart, soft, solid rock from underneath got added to the edges of the plates over millions of years.

• The plates floated away from each other across the ocean.

• The plates slowly moved apart as new plates from underneath got added between them over millions of years.

• The plates were sometimes pushed far apart by earthquakes, and soft, solid rock from underneath got added to the edges of the plates.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This image shows an example of what?

• Plate Boundary

• Plate

• Outer Layer

• Cross Section

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What does vertically mean?

• Across

• Up and down

Where can geologist find hard, solid rock?

• Under 1 only

• Under 2 only

• Under neither 1 or 2

• Under both 1 and 2

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The mantle is made of what?

• Hard, solid rock

• Soft, solid rock

• Water

• Jello

Which image shows what happens at a convergent plate boundary?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

True or False: Plates float across the ocean?

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3