Tectonic Plate Boundaries

Tectonic Plate Boundaries

7th - 8th Grade

8 Qs

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Tectonic Plate Boundaries

Tectonic Plate Boundaries

Assessment

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Science

7th - 8th Grade

Practice Problem

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NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS2-1

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8 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Circular currents in the mantle caused by the magma being heated by the core off the Earth.

convection currents

lava

magma

hot air

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

When two tectonic plates are moving away from each other and magma comes up to create new crust, the boundary between them is called...

Divergent boundary

Convergent boundary

Transform boundary

Subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Boundary between two colliding plates (plates are moving toward each other), often associated with mountain building, ocean trenches and volcanic islands

Divergent boundary

Convergent boundary

Transform boundary

Subduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Example of divergent boundary between two continental plates.

Mid-Atlantic Ridge (Atlantic Ocean)

Andes Mountains (S. America)

East Africa Rift Valley

None of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

When two tectonic plates slide past each other, neither crashing together, nor pulling apart, the boundary between them is called...

Divergent boundary
Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
Subduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Sometimes, when two tectonic plates collide, one is pushed below the other; this action at the convergent boundary is called...

Divergent boundary
Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
Subduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Formed by two continental plates colliding and forcing each other upwards during convergence at a boundary

grassland

mountain ranges

snow

trench

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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