Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics

6th - 8th Grade

20 Qs

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Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th - 8th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

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

+3

Standards-aligned

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

Convergent Boundary

Divergent Boundary

Transform Boundary

Plate Boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

Energy from the Sun

Magnetic Pole Reversal

Convection currents in the mantle

Faults in Mountain Ranges

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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A convergent boundary occurs when plates experience ________ force

Compression

Tension

Sheer

Subducting

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A fault is formed by the movement of a __________ plate boundary

Transform
Convergent
Divergent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Islands can from from magma which is pushed up at a __________ plate boundary

Divergent

Convergent

Transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?

Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created

New crust is underwater where it sinks

New crust breaks more easily than old crust

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Mountains are created when....

Two continental plates collide

Two oceanic plates pull apart

An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate

Two continental plates pull apart

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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