Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics

8th Grade

10 Qs

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Plate Tectonics

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Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Medium

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

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

James Pratt

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image
The physical layer of Earth made of solid rock and soil is called the ___________. 
mesosphere
lithosphere
asthenosphere
mantle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....
Convergent Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Plate Boundary

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image
What type of event will occur at this boundary?
Earthquake
Volcano Eruption
Tornado
Mountain Building

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A fault is formed by the movement of a __________ plate boundary
Transform
Convergent
Divergent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Mountains are created when....
Two continental plates collide
Two oceanic plates pull apart
An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate
Two continental plates pull apart

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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