APES: Plate Tectonics

APES: Plate Tectonics

Assessment

Quiz

Science

10th - 12th Grade

Easy

NGSS
HS-ESS1-5, MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS2-1

+3

Standards-aligned

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Alexander Lantz

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9 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....
Pull apart
Come together
Slide past each other
subducting

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image
What type of plate boundary is this?
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
Plate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image
What type of plate boundary is this?
Plate
Divergent
Convergent
Transform

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A subduction zone is formed...
when one tectonic plate sinks below another
at every type of convergent plate boundary
at every type of divergent plate boundary
at transform boundaries

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What two processes make sediment?
Weathering
Erosion
Weathering & Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which layer of the earth is between the core and the crust?
Crust
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?
At plate boundaries
in oceans
in the middle of continents
in the middle of plates

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

During primary succession, which of the following organisms often serve as pioneer species?
lichens
grasses
small herbs
trees