Rock Cycle and Plate Tectonics

Where are the tectonic plates located?

• outer core

• crust

• mantle

• inner coure

The rock cycle is driven in part by _________________.

• The Earth's mantle

• The Earth's core

• The Earth's tectonic plates

• The Earth's rock cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

This plate boundary moves land apart, creating an ocean trench or a valley on land : ________________________

• Divergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Mid-Ocean voundary

This tectonic plate boundary creates mountain ranges: ____________________

• Divergent boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Mid-oceanic boundary

A theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust is called _________________

• Pangea

• Plate Tectonics

• The Rock Cycle

• Sea-floor spreading

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which tectonic plate boundary SLIDES past each other...

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Continental

Which tectonic plate moves TOWARDS each other...

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Continental

Plate Tectonics supports the idea that all continents were once fused together called _____________ .

• The rock cycle

• Supercontinent

• The crust

• Pangea

The __________________ are chains of undersea mountains.

• Mid-Ocean Ridges

• Ocean Trench

• Divergent boundary

• Transform boundary

Oceans plates sink back into the mantle at _______________ zones, keeping the crust the same size.

• Mid-ocean ridges

• Ocean trenches

• Subduction

• Transforming

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3