Plate motion

Where was North America during the Ordovician era 450 million years ago?

• North of the equator

• At the equator

• South of the Equator

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What 2 countries/continents have similar rock types and fossils because of once being connected

• North America

  Africa

• South America

  Africa

• North America

  South America

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Some mountain chains appear to be continuous from continent to continent,

Which mountain ranges seem to be continuous

• The Rockies & Applachian

• The Rockies and Caledonian

• Appalachian and Caledonian

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Coal is formed in the ​ (a)   in these areas fosters the growth of large swamp forests, where ​ (b)   accumulates rapidly and doesn't fully ​ (c)   , creating the ideal conditions for the formation of ​ (d)   , which eventually transforms into ​ (e)   under pressure and heat over millions of years

• warm, humid climate
• plant matter
• decompose
• peat
• coal

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

​ (a)   evidence indicates ancient climates much different from those of today:

​ (b)   deposits in tropical regions

​ (c)   deposits in the Arctic

Today it is Glacial deposits in the ​ (d)   an Coal deposits in ​ (e)   regions.

• Rocks and fossil
• Glacial
• Coal
• Arctic
• tropical

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

When did climate change begin?

• The last 10 years

• The last 50 years

• All through history

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What type of plate would this be?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of plate is this?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of plate is this?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of plate is on the West Coast "California"

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1