Clues from Nature
Authored by Heidi Swartzentruber
Science
9th Grade
NGSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What is occurring to create the Marianas Trench?
two plates are colliding and one is subducting under the other
two plates are pulling apart
two plates are colliding and forming a mountain
two plates are sliding past each other
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What is occurring to create the Himalayan Mountains?
two plates are colliding and one is subducting under the other
two plates are pulling apart and magma is forming a mountain
two plates are colliding creating volcanoes
two plates are colliding, deforming the crust and building it up
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What is occurring to create the San Andreas Fault?
two plates are colliding and one is subducting under the other
two plates are pulling apart and magma is forming new rock
two plates are colliding creating volcanoes
two plates are sliding past each other and creating earthquakes
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What occurred to cause the 2011 earthquake in Japan?
two plates were colliding, one was subducting under the other building up energy released by the earthquake
two plates were pulling apart, magma was forming new rock and building up energy released by the earthquake
two plates were colliding, creating a volcanic eruption and building up energy released by the earthquake
two plates were sliding past each other and building up energy released by the earthquakes
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
5.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What occurred to cause the tsunami in the Indian Ocean in 2004?
two plates were colliding
a fault ruptured
a large wave was created by the movement on the ocean floor
two plates were sliding past each other
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What occurred to create the Appalachians and what is occurring now to shape the mountains?
two plates collided creating folded mountains, weathering and erosion continue to shape the mountains
two plates pulled apart and formed a volcano, weathering and erosion continue to shape the mountains
two plates collided creating volcanic mountains, volcanic activity continues to shape the mountains
two plates slid past each other, volcanic activity continues to shape the mountains
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What is occurring to create the East African Rift?
two plates are colliding and one is subducting under the other
two plates are pulling apart creating a valley
two plates are colliding creating volcanoes
two plates are sliding past each other creating earthquakes
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
NGSS.HS-ESS2-1
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