Plate Tectonics Practice, Practice, Practice!
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9th - 12th Grade
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Rosaleen Conrad
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A tectonic plate is also called __________ plate.
atmospheric
lithospheric
asthenospheric
mesospheric
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Continental crust is composed of ________ rocks.
granitic
basaltic
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Oceanic crust is composed of ________ rocks.
granitic
basaltic
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The area where a plate descends is a ____________.
convergent boundary
mid-ocean ridge
subduction zone
transform fault
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The youngest material of the ocean floor is found at ______.
mid-ocean ridges
deep-sea trenches
abyssal plains
deep sea basins
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Seafloor spreading occurs because __________.
new material is being added to the asthenosphere
earthquakes break apart the ocean floor
sediments accumulate at the area of spreading
molten material rises towards the surface
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The crust under the continents is thinner than the crust under the ocean.
true
false
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