Data Test - Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes

Data Test - Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes

9th Grade

36 Qs

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Data Test - Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes

Data Test - Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes

Assessment

Quiz

Science

9th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS2-2, MS-PS3-4

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Michael Gagen

Used 27+ times

FREE Resource

36 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What is the name of layer Y?

lithosphere

mantle

crust

mesosphere

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The part of the earth that includes the crust and the upper mantle and is split into tectonic plates is the
lithosphere
 crust
asthenosphere
mantle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which best explains the movement of tectonic plates?

They move several miles each year because of convection within Earth.

They move several centimeters each year because of convection within Earth.

They move several feet each year because of convection within Earth.

They move several kilometers each year because of convection within Earth.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image
What type of heat transfer is this?
Convection
Conduction
Radiation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Lithospheric plates have moved to form land formations on Earth’s surface. Which land formation occurs as a result of the plates folding upon one another?

a river

a volcano

an earthquake

a mountain range

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

New seafloor is formed through the process of what?
seafloor spreading
continental drift
divergent boundaries

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which event most likely takes place as the result of crustal movement along transform boundaries?

earthquakes

volcanic activity

mountain building

trenches

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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