Earth's layers and plate tectonics

Which is not a layer in Earth?

• Crust

• Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

• Isosphere

• The lower mantle

Which layers of the Earth flow?

• The Inner Core

• The outer core

• The Asthenosphere

• Both the Outer core and the Asthenosphere

Which parts of Earth's layers make up the Lithosphere?

• The crust and inner core

• The crust and upper mantle

• The Upper and Lower Mantle

• Just the crust

which of the Following were NOT clues that led to plate tectonics?

• Sea Floor Spreading

• Discovery of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• Wegener's idea of Continental Drift

• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The lithosphere makes up these things called ______ that move.

• Parts of the mantle

• Plates

• Bowl

• Parts

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Lithospheric plates move above which layer?

• The Mantle

• The Outer Core

• The asthenosphere

• The Inner core

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following DO NOT play a role in why and how plates move?

• Type of crust (oceanic/ continental)

• The direction of the plates moving

• Heat escaping Earth

• Mountains forming

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

In which way do convergent boundaries move?

• Towards each other

• Away from each other

• Slide one another

• None of the above

Which way do plates move in a divergent plate boundary?

• Towards each other

• They move away from each other

• They slide against one another

• none of the above

At which boundaries are rift valleys and new crust formed?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Evolve