Plate Tectonics and Landforms

Plate Tectonics and Landforms

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Science

8th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, HS-ESS1-5, HS-ESS2-1

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What causes tectonic plates to move?

Back

Tectonic plates move because the asthenosphere is slowly moving.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the term for the bending, tilting, and breaking of rock caused by stress?

Back

Deformation.

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What type of stress squeezes or shortens materials?

Back

Compression.

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the outermost physical layer of the Earth made up of the crust and the top part of the mantle?

Back

Lithosphere.

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What type of plate boundary is associated with a subduction zone?

Back

Convergent boundary.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What landform is likely to occur at a convergent boundary?

Back

Continental volcanic arc.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the term for the layer of the Earth beneath the lithosphere that is semi-fluid?

Back

Asthenosphere.

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