ES Chapter 9 Vocab Review

What is the name of the supercontinent that began to break apart 200 million years ago?

• Gondwana

• Laurasia

• Pangaea

• Atlantis

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

What is the process by which new oceanic lithosphere is produced at ocean ridges?

• Subduction

• Paleomagnetism

• Sea-floor spreading

• Continental drift

Which term describes the study of changes in Earth's magnetic field as shown by patterns of magnetism in rocks?

• Geomorphology

• Volcanology

• Paleomagnetism

• Seismology

What is the process called when oceanic crust sinks beneath a trench and back into the mantle?

• Convection

• Deposition

• Subduction

• Erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

the process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges.

• Seafloor Spreading

• Paleomagnetism

• Volcanoes

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

An electronic depth-sound mechanism 

• Paleomagnetism

• Solar

• Sonar

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

One of numerous rigid sections of the lithosphere that moves as a unit over the material of the atmosphere.

• Plate

• Tectonics

• Seafloor

• Mantle Plume

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

 The theory that proposes that earth's outer shell consists of individual plates that interact in various ways and thereby produce earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and the crust itself.

• Seafloor Spreading

• Plate Tectonics

• Mantle Plum

• Paleomagnetism

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

 the circular motion of matter resulting from changes in temperature and as a result changes in density.

• Subduction Currents

• Transform Currents

• Convection Currents

• Conduction Currents

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A mass of hotter-than-normal mantle material that ascends toward the surface, where it may lead to igneous activity.

• Mantle Plume

• Lava

• Paleomagnetism

• Tectonic Plate

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

NGSS.HS-ESS2-3