Plate Motion Quiz 2

What is the area where one plate sinks into the mantle at a convergent boundary called?

• Subduction Zone
• Trench
• Hot spot
• Asthenosphere

What is the area where one plate sinks into the mantle at a convergent boundary called?

• Subduction Zone
• Trench
• Hot spot
• Asthenosphere

What is the process of magma rising at divergent boundaries to form new crust?

• Seafloor Spreading
• Subduction
• Convection
• Uplift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is the process of magma rising at divergent boundaries to form new crust?

• Seafloor Spreading
• Subduction
• Convection
• Uplift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is the rigid outer layer made of the crust and upper mantle?

• Lithosphere
• Asthenosphere
• Outer Core
• Inner Core

What is the rigid outer layer made of the crust and upper mantle?

• Lithosphere
• Asthenosphere
• Outer Core
• Inner Core

What is the theory that Earth’s lithosphere is broken into moving plates?

• Plate Tectonics
• Seafloor Spreading
• Continental Drift
• Convection

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the theory that Earth’s lithosphere is broken into moving plates?

• Plate Tectonics
• Seafloor Spreading
• Continental Drift
• Convection

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the thin, outermost layer of Earth where we live?

• Mantle
• Crust
• Core
• Asthenosphere

What kind of rock makes up most of the continental crust?

• Granite
• Basalt
• Igneous
• Sedimentary