Plate Tectonics and Soil Cycle

Sedimentary rocks form from the _________________ and _______________________ of sediments

• cooling and crystallizing

• compaction and cementation

• heating and pressure

Sedimentary rocks are often formed in layers

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Includes the crust and upper mantle that is divided into several constant moving plates of solid rock that floats on the layer below it. 

• Asthenosphere 
• Mesosphere
• Lithosphere 
• Crust

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

It is a layer of solid rock where the extreme pressure and heat cause the rocks to flow like a liquid.

• Asthenosphere 
• Mesosphere
• Lithosphere 
• Crust

Tectonic plates are made up of continental crust and ________ crust.

• continental
• oceanic
• plates
• mantle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What force moves the continents?

• Conduction Currents

• Convection Currents

• Conveyor Currents

• Continental Currents

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which two continents are the most notable of Wegeners idea that the coast lines of certain continents match up.

• Indian and North America

• Australia and North America

• Europe and Australia

• South America and Africa

The coastlines of some continents seem to fit together like_________________

• Peanut Butter and Jelly

• Pieces of Pie

• Pieces of a Puzzle

• Pieces of Continental Drift

Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?

• Harry Hess
• Galileo Galilei

• Alfred Wegener
• Isaac Newton

Match the layers of the earth

• Lower Mantle

• Label A

• Upper Mantle

• Label E

• Outer Core

• Label C

• Crust

• Label D

• Inner Core

• Label B

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1