Rock Cycle and Plate Tectonics

A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust.

• continental drift

• plate

• lithosphere

A section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust.

• plate

• mantle

• rock cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The theory that pieces of Earth´s lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.

• rock cycle

• plate tectonics

• asthenosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

A series of processes on the surface and inside the Earth that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another.

• rock cycle

• plate

• lithosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Any type of rock can transform into any type of rock because of plate motion.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which type of crust is more dense and thinner?

• Continental

• Asthenosphere

• Oceanic

• Byers

The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth´s surface.

• continental drift

• lithosphere

• convection

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What does cemented mean when referring to the rock cycle?

• pressed and compacted together

• pulled apart

What happens when 2 continental plates collide?

• they form a subduction zone

• a mid ocean ridge

• they form mountains

• they subduct

Which type of plate boundary is this?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3