Plate Tectonics and Mountain Formation

The thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses. It is generally older and more complex than the oceanic crust.

• Oceanic Crust

• Continental Crust

• Magma

• Inner Core

Crustal plates that pull apart from one another MOST likely form

• volcanic island arcs

• strike-slip faults

• oceanic trenches

• rift zones

Which of these tectonic plate boundaries is most likely to form a volcano.

• continental plate colliding with a continental plate

• oceanic plate sliding past a continental plate

• continental plate sliding past a continental plate

• oceanic plate colliding into a continental plate

Which statement best describes why fossils of the same land-dwelling species have been discovered in both South America and Africa?

• The organism migrated to two continents

• The organisms were separated by the formation of new mountain ranges

• The organisms became extinct due to climate change on these continents

• These organisms once lived on one large landmass that later split into two continents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Solid, outer layer and is made of both the oceanic and continental crust.

• Hydrosphere

• Core

• Mantle

• Crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A satellite image can help scientist locate the area where two plates have diverged by showing the existence of

• Plateaus

• Mountains

• Rift Valleys

• Grassy Plains

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What happens when mountain ranges are formed?

• converging two continental crust

• converging two oceanic crust

• diverging two continental crust

• diverging two oceanic crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The idea that continents were once part of a single landmass that broke apart and

moved

• CONTINENTAL DRIFT

• SEAFLOOR SPREADING

• PLATE BOUNDERIES

• CONVECTION CURRENTS

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Forms where plates are moving away from each other is called _______.

• Transform

• Convergent

• Divergent

Formed where two sections of Earth’s crust are colliding.

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform