8th Grade Plate Tectonics Test Review

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6th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
According to Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift,
Earth’s surface is made up of seven major landmasses.
the continents were once joined together in a single landmass.
Earth is slowly cooling and shrinking.
the continents do not move.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In sea-floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts
at the north and south poles.
along the edges of all the continents.
in deep-ocean trenches.
along mid-ocean ridges.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Holes drilled several kilometers in Earth’s crust provide direct evidence about Earth’s interior in the form of
rock samples
volcanic eruption
liquid iron
seismic waves
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The place where two plates come together is known as a
divergent boundary.
transform boundary.
convergent boundary.
rift valley.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as
subduction.
convection.
conduction.
continental drift.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Using data from seismic waves, geologists have learned that Earth’s interior is made up of several
trenches
layers
ridges
continents
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock is called a
landform
landmass
continent
fossil
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NGSS.MS-LS4-1
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