5.15 Unit 5 Quiz

geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced downward into the mantle below another plate

• Divergent plate boundary

• Subduction

• Magma

• Seafloor Spreading

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

 A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each other

• Divergent plate boundary

• Subduction

• Transform plate boundary

• Convergent plate boundary

 A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.

• Divergent plate boundary

• Subduction

• Transform plate boundary

• Convergent plate boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

originated theory of continental drift.

• Harry Hess

• Alfred Wegener

• Harry Houdini

• Alfred Weegner

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

a reef consisting of coral consolidated into limestone

• Wreath

• Coal

• Coral reef

• Reef

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

are locations where two plates slide past one another.

• Transform plate boundary

• Convergent plate boundary

• Divergent plate boundary

• Magnetic Pole

originated theory of seafloor spreading.

• Harry Huss

• Harry Hess

• Alfred Wegener

• Alfred Weegner

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

either of two points where the lines of force of the Earth's magnetic field are vertical

• Batteries

• Magnetic pole

• Seafloor spreading

• Magma

molten rock in the earth's crust

• Crust

• Rock

• Magma

• Volcano

a process in which new ocean floor is created

• Floor spreading

• Continental Drift

• Oceanic Crust

• Seafloor spreading