Pangea (TED ED)

The top two layers of the Earth’s mantle are the lithosphere and the ________.

• Core

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

• Asthenosphere

What was the name of the supercontinent that existed about 300 million years ago?

• Kenorland

• Pangea

• Columbia

• Rodinia

What is the name for the type of interaction where two plates move away from each other?

• Convergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Divergent boundary

• None of the above

The ground below your feet moves at the rate at which________.

• A rocket takes off

• Sound travels

• A willow tree sprouts

• Your fingernails grow

How many tectonic plates are there?

• Seven

• Six

• Five

• Eight

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A scientist who studies Earth's processes and the history that shaped it is called a...

• Geologist

• Teacher

• Biologist

• Student

The outermost layer of the Earth that contains the continents and the oceans.

• Mantle

• Outer core

• Crust

• Inner core

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The plates that make up the Earth's crust that are responsible for continental drift

• Continental crust

• Geologist

• Oceanic crust

• Tectonic plates

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

We live on the core of the Earth.

• True.

• False.

The majority, about 75%, of Earth is made up of land.

• True.

• False.