Tectonic Plates
Authored by KLARISSA MARTINEZ
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6th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move on the asthenosphere and consist of the crust and the rigid, uppermost part of the mantle
tectonic plates
North American Plate
Eurasian Plate
African Plate
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere, including most of the landmasses of Europe and Asia.
South American Plate
North American Plate
Eurasian Plate
African Plate
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of Africa and the surrounding oceanic crust.
African Plate
South American Plate
North American Plate
Eurasian Plate
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of South America and the oceanic crust extending to the Mid-Atlantic ridge.
North American Plate
Eurasian Plate
African Plate
South American Plate
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that is composed entirely of oceanic crust and lies beneath the Pacific Ocean
Antarctic Plate
Indo-Australian Plate
Pacific Plate
Atlantic Plate
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of Antarctica and the surrounding oceanic crust.
Indo-Australian Plate
Antarctic Plate
African Plate
Pacific Plate
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
the process in which a denser plate is pushed downward beneath a less dense plate when plates converge; occurs at continental to oceanic boundaries and oceanic to oceanic boundaries
divergent boundaries
volcanic eruptions
subduction
convergent boundary
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
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