Tectonic Plate Bell Ringer

Tectonic Plate Bell Ringer

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9 Qs

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Tectonic Plate Bell Ringer

Tectonic Plate Bell Ringer

Assessment

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Other Sciences

4th - 8th Grade

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Created by

Sarah McCary

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9 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What are the two types of crust?
Ocean and Basin
Continental and Oceanic
Lower and Upper
Thick and Thin

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is Pangea?
The last name of a German Scientist
A super-continent that existed millions of yrs ago
An ancient fossil
Another name for Continental Drift

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What causes tectonic plate movement?
Gravity
Coriolis Effect
Convection Currents
The earth's magnetic core

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following could be considered both a constructive and destructive force?
Earthquake
Delta
Volcano
Swamp

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Two tectonic plates collide at a _____ plate boundary.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Conventional

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who first proposed the theory of Continental Drift?
John Cena
Dr Seuss 
Alfred Wegner
Clark Kent

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will sub-duct?
Oceanic
Continental
Neither
Both

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The earth's lithospheric plates are said to fit together like a 
Puzzle
Glove
Cork
Hammer

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The liquid (plastic-like) layer that the earth's tectonic plates move on is called the
Lithosphere
Soft Crust
Asthenosphere
Outer Core