Tectonic Plates

The relatively soft layer of the upper mantle is the

• inner core

• outer core

• asthenosphere

• lithosphere

Draw and lable the three layers of the earth using its first initial.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

When two plates of oceanic crust collide, one plate is subducted beneath the other forming a ______.

• Trench

• Valley

• Crust

• Fault

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Breaks in the Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other are called?

• Faults

• Unconformity

• Fissures

• Boundary

What type of boundary is happening in the picture?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Convection

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Scientists believe tectonic plates are moved by this force.

• Convection Currents

• Convergent Plates

• Subduction

• Earthquakes

_______ is the measure of how much mass there is in a volume of substance?

• Density

• Matter

• Weight

• Gravity

The supercontient that began to break apart 225 million years ago is called?

• Pangea

• Eurasia

• Upper Earth

• Dawsonland

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Draw with arrows the direction a Divergent Boundary would happen.

This includes all of the crust and the upper part of the mantle.

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Inner Core

• Outer Core