Inside Earth

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Energy from the Sun
• Magnetic Pole Reversal
• Convection currents in the mantle
• Faults in Mountain Ranges

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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What type of plate boundary is this?

• Plate
• Divergent
• Convergent
• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

• Pull apart
• Come together
• Slide past each other
• subducting

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent when all continents existed in one, large landmass?

• Pangea

• Gondwanda

• Laurasia

• Neverland

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Transform
• Convergent
• Divergent
• Plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The theory that says Earth's continents once made up an ancient supercontinent, and have been drifting apart ever since, is called the theory of...

• Pangea

• Continental Drift

• Natural Selection

• Gravity

Mountains are created when....

• Two continental plates collide
• Two oceanic plates pull apart
• An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate
• Two continental plates pull apart

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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The mantle of Earth is made partly of magma. When magma rises and sinks, this is called ______________. 

• a conduction current
• a hot spot
• a volcanic eruption
• a convection current

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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As you travel from the inner core toward the crust, how would temperature, pressure and density of the material change?

• They would all increase

• They would all decrease.

• They would stay the same.

• Temperature would decrease, but pressure and density would increase.

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

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What would happen to the convection currents if the heat from the inner core disappeared? 

• They would stop. 
• They would change directions. 
• It would not change. 
• They would speed up.