Layers of the Earth, Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcan

Which of the following is the thinnest layer of Earth?

• Mantle

• Crust

• Lithosphere

• Inner Core

Who is credited with proposing the hypothesis of Continental Drift?

• Harry Hess

• Galileo Galilei

• Alfred Wegener

• Isaac Newton

• Albert Einstein

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This image here shows what type of boundary?

• Divergent

• Convergent: Subduction

• Convergent: Collision

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The idea that the continents were once together, and separated over a long period of time is

• Seafloor Spreading

• Transform Boundaries

• Continental Drift

• Mid Ocean Ridges

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What kind of boundary is shown in this image?

• Divergent

• Convergent: Subduction

• Convergent: Collision

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What was an important detail about the animal fossils Wegener saw had been discovered on different continents?

• They were great swimmers when they were alive

• They were from different periods of time

• They wouldn't be able to swim across the ocean to get to other places

• There were no similar fossils found on different continents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent? 

• Supreme Continent
• Eurasia
• Plate tectonics
• Pangea

Which of the following occurs because of convection currents?

• Tectonic plates on the crust move.
• The mantle increases in size.
• Pressure in the crust increases.
• Pressure in the crust decreases.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Where does the heat come from that drives this convection current in the mantle? 

• The sun
• The crust
• the mantle
• the core

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Name the boundary

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• sergent boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3