Plate Tectonics Practice
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The observation that the continents fit together like puzzle pieces, and may once have been connected, led Alfred Wegener to propose a theory called
continental plowing.
continental drift.
wandering continents.
shape matching of continents.
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Youngest part of the ocean floor is found near the ____________.
along deep ocean trenches
where ocean sediments are thickest
near ocean ridges
where Earth's magnetic field changes polarity
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following supported Wegener's theory?
Matching fossil plant remains found on two different continents.
Matching reptile remains found on two different continents.
Nearly identical sedimentary rock types of the same age in widely separated locations.
All of the above.
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Scientists found that the continents were moving apart from each other due to magma rising out of mid-ocean ridges, and they called this
seafloor spreading.
seafloor rising.
changing seafloor.
underwater volcanoes.
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Plate margins are places where a lot of tectonic activity occur. Earthquakes occur, for example, along convergent margins, where plates are
moving apart.
sliding past each other.
colliding.
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The boundary at which crust is continually added is a
subduction zone.
transform boundary.
divergent boundary.
convergent boundary.
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Subduction is when
earthquakes occur along a transform boundary.
new crust is formed.
one plate slides under another.
new islands are formed.
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
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