Study guide Unit 1

A trench forms where two tectonic plates ______ and ______.

• slide and collide

• collide and subduct

• subduct and pass

• slide and move apart

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

___________ ______ movement causes earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountains

• Asthenosphere plates

• Mesosphere plates

• Lithospheric plates

• Continental plates

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Energy from the Earth's _______ causes tectonic plates to _____ and form mountains

• exterior, collide

• crust, separate

• interior, break

• interior, collide

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The Earth's _______ is hotter than the crust but cooler that the core.

• mantel

• ocean

• atmosphere

• plates

The densest layer is the _____.

• crust

• asthenosphere

• mantle

• core

______ plates move because of density differences and convection currents in the Earth's mantle.

• Oceanic

• Continental

• Tectonic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Evidence of Pangea is continents fitting together and some having the same _____.

• mass

• density

• fossils

• weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

____________ spreading occurs with tectonic plates drift apart and magma rises to fill in the gap.

• Continents

• Seafloor

• Inner core

• crust

______ are more common along the tectonic plate boundaries.

• Fault lines

• Mountains

• Oceans

• Volcanoes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The _______ consists of nickel and iron.

• core

• mesosphere

• volcano

• crust

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1