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Clues from Nature

Authored by Heidi Swartzentruber

Science

9th Grade

NGSS covered

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Clues from Nature
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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

Tags

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

Tags

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

Tags

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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