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Grade 12 Plate Tectonics & Earth's Systems Worksheet with Answers
Grade 12 (US) · Year 13 (UK) · Class 12 (India) · Science
Unit 2: Earth's SystemsPlate Tectonics & FeedbacksNGSS HS-ESS2-1
Plate boundaries, Earth's interior and feedbacks between Earth's systems. This free high school worksheet has 10 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.
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Learning goal: Plate Tectonics & Feedbacks · NGSS HS-ESS2-1
Directions: Read each question carefully and write your answer on the line.
RememberEarth's spheres
- 1
What is a feedback loop in Earth's systems?
- 2
What type of plate boundary is the San Andreas Fault?
- 3
What type of plate boundary forms the Himalayas?
- 4
How do scientists learn about Earth's interior?
- 5
What type of plate boundary forms mid-ocean ridges?
- 6
What is Earth's outermost solid layer?
- 7
Why can't S-waves travel through the outer core?
- 8
What drives the movement of tectonic plates?
- 9
How does seafloor spreading support plate tectonics?
- 10
Melting ice exposes dark ocean, which absorbs more heat and melts more ice. Positive or negative feedback?
★ Challenge corner for fast finishers
Why does a spinning ice skater spin faster when she pulls her arms in?
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Answer key — Plate Tectonics & Earth's Systems (Grade 12)
- 1.a change that causes effects which increase or reduce the original change
- 2.transform
- 3.convergent (continent–continent)
- 4.by studying how seismic waves travel through it
- 5.divergent
- 6.the crust
- 7.the outer core is liquid
- 8.convection currents in the mantle
- 9.new crust forms at ridges and rocks get older farther away
- 10.positive feedback
- ★conservation of angular momentum
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- 1.a change that causes effects which increase or reduce the original change
- 2.transform
- 3.convergent (continent–continent)
- 4.by studying how seismic waves travel through it
- 5.divergent
- 6.the crust
- 7.the outer core is liquid
- 8.convection currents in the mantle
- 9.new crust forms at ridges and rocks get older farther away
- 10.positive feedback
- ★conservation of angular momentum (challenge corner)
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