Plate Tectonics and Soil Composition Review

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Energy from the Sun
• Magnetic Pole Reversal
• Convection currents in the mantle
• Faults in Mountain Ranges

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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What type of plate boundary is this?

• Plate
• Divergent
• Convergent
• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

• Pull apart
• Come together
• Slide past each other
• subducting

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 280 Million Years ago.

• Pangea

• Gondwanda

• Laurasia

• Neverland

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

What geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?

• Earthquakes
• Volcanoes
• Mountains
• Rift Valleys

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The core is mostly made up mostly of which elements?

• Oxygen and Silicon
• Silicon and Magnesium
• Nickel and Iron
• Iron and Magnesium

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

This is the plastic layer of the mantle on which pieces of the lithosphere move.

• Lithosphere
• Asthenosphere
• Mesosphere
• Crust

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

Which piece of evidence did Wegener use to prove continental drift?

• The shape of the continents
• Similar fossils found on separate continents
• Tree fossils found in odd places
• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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What do we call an area where more then two plates interact in different ways

• plate boundary zones

• hot spots

• convergent boundaries

• subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The Hawaiian Ridge is

• a hotspot

• made from a convergent boundary

• made from a divergent boundary

• at a subduction zone

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

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