Plate Tectonics

The tectonic plates float on the 

• lithosphere
• lower mantle
• outer core
• asthenosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The part of the earth that includes the crust and the upper mantle and is split into tectonic plates is the

• lithosphere
•  crust
• asthenosphere
• mantle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The least dense layer

• crust
• inner core
• mantle
• outer core

The most dense layer

• crust
• inner core
• mantle
• outer core

Supporting Evidence: fossils, continent shape, landforms

• Continental Drift
• Seafloor Spreading
• Plate Tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Supporting Evidence: subduction, earthquakes, volcanoes, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, older theories

• Continental Drift
• Seafloor Spreading
• Plate Tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Supporting Evidence: discovery of Mid-Atlantic Ridge, core rock samples showing older rocks the farther that you get from the mid ocean ridge

• Continental Drift
• Seafloor Spreading
• Plate Tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The name for the actual lithospheric plates

• Tectonic Plates
• Plate Tectonics
• Pangaea
• Continental Drift

The theory stating the continents were once joined in a large mass that broke apart.

• Continental Drift
• Seafloor Spreading
• Plate Tectonics
• Pangaea

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

The process for new oceanic lithosphere forming at mid ocean ridges

• Continental Drift
• Seafloor Spreading
• Plate Tectonics
• Pangaea

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1