Plate Tectonics and Topographic Maps

Plate Tectonics and Topographic Maps

6th - 8th Grade

16 Qs

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Plate Tectonics and Topographic Maps

Plate Tectonics and Topographic Maps

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th - 8th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS2-2, HS-ESS1-5

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Stacy Reed

Used 460+ times

FREE Resource

16 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

This is a picture of glacier scars found in Africa. What are these evidence for?

Africa has always been near the equator

Africa was once in an area of the Earth that had a very cold climate

The continents have not moved

sea floor spreading

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What does the theory of continental drift state?

The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time

Continents are stationary and do not move

The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents

none of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What evidence did Wegener use in his theory?

Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces

glacier scars and evidence from temperature

mountain ranges and coal deposits line up across continents

all of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

divergent

convergent

transform

subducting

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

divergent

convergent

transform

submergent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

divergent

convergent

transform

strike slip

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?

Earthquakes

Volcanoes

Mountains

Rift Valleys

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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