Tectonic plates/erosion

What evidence supports the theory of plate tectonics?

• Fossils found on different continents

• Locations of volcanoes and earthquakes

• Similarity in the coastlines of the continents

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What drives the movement of Earth's lithospheric plates?

• Convection currents in the mantle

• Volcanic eruptions

• Tidal forces from the Moon

• Earth's rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which type of plate boundary is associated with the creation of new crust?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• None of the above

What is the process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle?

• Subduction

• Convection

• Plate Tectonics

• Seafloor Spreading

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

What is the boundary called where two plates move apart?

• Convergent boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The Midatlantic Ridge one of the deepest places in the ocean and is the site for the majority of the earth's new crust. One part of it extends out of the ocean to form Iceland, a land characterized by a large rift valley. What kind of plate boundary exists here?

• Convergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Seafloor Boundary

The average density of one of the continental crusts is 2.8 g/cm³ and the average density of one of the oceanic crusts is 3.2 g/cm³. If these two plates came together, what could be expected to happen? 

•   The two plates would push apart and form a rift zone. 
• The oceanic plate would rise up over the continental plate. 
• The oceanic plate would be pushed under the continental plate. 
• The two plates would meet head on and rise up to form mountains.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Where would the oldest rock be found?

• L
• M
• N
• O

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Transform
• Convergent
• Divergent
• Plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which type of boundary is associated with the formation of new crust?

• convergent boundaries

• divergent boundaries

• Transform Boundaries

• Crusty Formation boundaries

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1