Layers of the Earth and Plate Tectonics

What kind of plate boundary runs across Iceland?

• Convergent boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Nordic boundary

• Transform boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the border between two tectonic plates called?

• Boundary

• Collision zone

• Rift

• Trench

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of these layers is found directly above the earth’s core?

• Asthenosphere

• Inner Core

• Mantle

• Outer Core

This solid layer of the earth is made of mostly iron and nickel.

• Crust

• Inner Core

• Mantle

• Outer Core

The tectonic plates float on which semiliquid layer?

• Asthenosphere

• Crust

• Inner Core

• Lithosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of crust is found under the continents?

• Continental Crust

• Oceanic Crust

• Geologic Crust

• None of the above

Which scientist is credited with proposing the ideas that led to the development of the plate tectonics theory?

• Charles Darwin

• Albert Einstein

• Isaac Newton

• Alfred Wegener

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Mid-ocean ridges are places where tectonic plates are doing what?

• Colliding

• Sliding past each other

• Spreading apart

• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Mountain formation can result when which of the following occurs?

• Two oceanic plates collide

• Two continental plates collide

• Two oceanic plates spread apart

• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What type of crust is found under the oceans?

• Continental Crust

• Oceanic Crust

• Geologic Crust

• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3