Plate Tectonics
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8th - 9th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
According to tectonic plate maps, New York State is presently located
At a convergent plate boundary
Above a mantle hotspot
Above a mid ocean ridge
Near the center of a large plate
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
At which location would you expect to find the deepest earthquakes?
Mid Atlantic Ridge
San Andreas Fault
Hawaii
Japan
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What tectonic process often occurs when two continental plates collide?
Subduction
Mountain Building (uplift)
island formation
seafloor spreading
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which statement best supports the theory that all the continents were once a single landmass?
Rocks of the ocean ridges are older than those of the adjacent seafloor.
Rock and fossil correlation can be made where the continents appear to fit together
Marine fossils can be found at high elevations above sea level on all continents
Great thicknesses of shallow water sediments are found at interior locations on some continents
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The age of oceanic bedrock on either side of a mid-ocean ridge is supporting evidence that at the ridges, tectonic plates are
Diverging
Converging
Locked in place
Being subducted
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which method of energy transfer is primarily responsible for energy being lost from Earth into space?
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Transmission
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When a continental crustal plate collides with an oceanic crustal plate, the continental crust is forced to move over the oceanic crust. What is the primary reason that the continental crust stays on top of the oceanic crust?
Continental crust is less dense.
Continental crust deforms less easily.
Continental crust melts at higher temperatures.
Continental crust contains more mafic minerals.
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