Plate Tectonics Earth Surface Changes

Which Layer Is this?

• Crust

• Core

• Inner Core

• Mantle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What type of Tectonic plate is this?

• Transforming

• Diverging

• Converging

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth's layers?

• crust, mantle, inner core, outer core

• inner core, outer core, mantle crust

• mantle, outer core, inner core, crust

• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

Earth's inner core is?

• a layer of hot rock

• a layer of liquid iron and nickel

• a solid ball of iron and nickel

• a layer of rock that forms earths outer skin

Which layer of the earth is pure liquid

• crust

• outer core

• mantle

• inner core

Which type of plate boundary would cause mountains to form?

• Transform

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Reform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This layer of Earth is the thickest part

• crust

• outer core

• mantle

• inner core

subduction zones in the ocean can create which features?

• islands

• volcanoes

• earthquakes

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?

• at plate boundaries

• in oceans

• in the middle of continents

• in the middle of plates

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

When one plate slides under neath another, it __________ and the magma __________.

• hardens, skins

• melts, sinks

• hardens, rises

• melts, rises

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3