ESOL Plate Tectonics Review

What layer of the Earth is represented by the letter A?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

What layer of the Earth is represented by the letter B?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What layer of the Earth is represented by the letter C?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

What layer of the Earth is represented by the letter D?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

​ (a)   is molten rock inside the surface of Earth.

• Magma
• Lava

Tags

ESS1.C

ESS2.A

ESS2.B

​ (a)   is molten rock on the surface of Earth.

• Lava
• Magma

Tags

ESS1.C

ESS2.A

ESS2.B

​ (a)   from deep Earth's interior is transferred to its crust by ​​ (b)   .

• Heat energy
• convection currents
• Chemical energy 
• river currents

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Earth's surface is broken into large slabs of rock called..

• the mantle

• magma

• tectonic plates

Who is the scientist who proposed Continental Drift Theory?

• Albert Einstein
• Alfred Wegener
• Isaac Newton

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Alfred Wegener named his single supercontinent ____________, which means "all Earth" in ancient Greek.

• Pandora

• Pangea

• Percia

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2