Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics

7th - 8th Grade

13 Qs

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Plate Tectonics

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the order of the layers of the earth starting with the surface?

crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
crust, mantle, inner core, outer core
inner core, outer core, crust, mantle

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Heat transfer within a fluid takes place by 

conduction
convection
radiation

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When a heat source is removed from a fluid, convection currents in fluid will

speed up
change direction
eventually stop

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to Wegner's hypothesis of continental drift, 

the continents do not move
there are seven continents
the continents were once joined together in a single landmass

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegner to support his continental drift  hypothesis

shape of continents
human remains
fossils
climate

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Most geologists rejected Alfred Wegners' idea because

He used different types of evidence
It made no sense since it happens so slowly
there was no evidence to back it up
he could not identify a force that moved the continents

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In seafloor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts

along a deep ocean trench
at edge of all continents
along the midocean ridges

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