Plate Motion

What is Earth's outer layer made of?

• Soft Solid Rock

• Hard Solid Rock

• Water

• Water & Sand

What is Earth's outer layer divided into?

• Plates

• Crust

• Cross Sections

• Trenches

Which statement best describes what Earth's outer layer is like underneath the surface in the image?

• Earth's outer layer is made of sand and water.

• Earth's outer layer is made of hard, solid rock.

• Underneath the soil, Earth's outer layer is made of hard, solid rock. Underneath the ocean, Earth's outer layer is made of sand.

• Earth's outer layer is made of water.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

GPS data shows that two plates moved apart. Which diagram shows what happened between the two plates as they moved away from each other.

• Diagram A: A new plate from underneath filled in the gap that was created by the plates moving apart.

• Diagram B: Sand and dirt filled in the gap that was created by the plates moving apart.

• Diagram C: Ocean water filled in the gap that was created by the plates moving apart.

• Diagram D: Soft, solid rock from underneath the plates rose and hardened, adding solid rock to the edges of both plates.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of the diagrams properly shows a Cross-Section?

• Diagram A

• Diagram B

• Diagram C

• Diagram D

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What do the plates in the outer layer set on?

• The oceans

• Hard, solid rock

• Soft, solid rock

• Mantle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Can you feel the plates moving?

• Yes

• No

Do the plates move quickly or slowly?

• Quickly

• Slowly

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Any of Earth's main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America.

• Plate

• Continent

• Plate Boundary

• Landform

The place where two plates meet.

• Plate

• Continent

• Plate Boundary

• Landform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3