Earth's Changing Surface

Grade 645 minutesMS-ESS2-2: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.

Learning Objective

I can provide evidence to explain how geoscience processes change Earth's surface at different rates and scales.

Practice Questions

This lesson includes 12 practice questions to reinforce learning.

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1. Describe the two main forces that cause tectonic plates to move.

2. Explain why some tectonic plates move faster than the mantle currents beneath them.

3. What is subduction, and how does it contribute to the movement of tectonic plates?

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