Plate Tectonic Vocabulary

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
A theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move.
plate tectonics
Pangaea
Magma
Lava
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
The name of the single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents
plate tectonics
Pangaea
Magma
Lava
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Heat from the core and the mantle itself causes convection currents in the mantle.
Magma
Lithosphere
convection currents in earth
Asthenosphere
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS1-4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
A molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle
Magma
Lava
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Magma that reaches Earth's surface
Magma
Lava
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust.
Lava
Asthenosphere
continental crust
Lithosphere
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
lava
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
magma
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