Plate tectonics

Plate tectonics

9th Grade

26 Qs

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Plate tectonics

Plate tectonics

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Science

9th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS2-2, HS-ESS2-1

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26 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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The youngest material of the ocean floor is found at mid-ocean _________.

ridges
trenches
basins
rifts

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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The presence of the same ________ on several continents supports the idea of continental drift.

rocks
fossils
both fossils and rocks
neither fossils nor rocks

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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A lack of evidence for continental drift prevented many scientists from believing a single supercontinent called _________ existed.

Glossopteris
Pangaea
Gondwanaland
Mesosaurus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The theory of _______ states that Earth’s crust and upper mantle are broken into sections that are in constant, slow motion.

plate tectonics
continental drift
seafloor spreading
divergent boundaries

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Matching ________ on different continents are evidence for continental drift.

weather systems
river systems
rock structures
wind systems

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Many scientists think hot plastic-like rock in the mantle is forced upward toward the surface, cools, and sinks.  This process is called a(n) _________.

earthquake
convergent boundary
volcano
convection current

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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_______ are formed when two continental plates collide.

Mountain ranges
Transform faults
Rift valleys
Volcanoes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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