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EARTH SCIENCE

Authored by MARY TAROY

Science

7th - 10th Grade

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EARTH SCIENCE
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

  1. What is the type of plate boundary where two plates move together, causing one of the slabs of lithosphere to descend into the mantle beneath an overriding plate?

oceanic-continental convergent

divergent

transform fault

continental-continental convergent

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which one of the following was NOT used as support of Wegener’s continental drift hypothesis?

fossil evidence

Paleomagnetism

the fit of South America and Africa

ancient climates

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

At what type of plate boundary do plates move apart,

resulting in the up welling of material from the mantle to

create new seafloor?

Divergent

Convergent

Transform fault

Subduction

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the weaker, hotter zone beneath the lithosphere that allows for motion of Earth’s rigid outer shell?

Crust

Asthenosphere

outer core

inner core

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Most of Earth’s earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain building occur

in the center of continents

in the himalayas

at plate boundaries

at volcanic island arcs

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Alfred Wegener is best known for what hypothesis?

plate tectonics

seafloor spreading

continental drift

subduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A giant "supercontinent" that existed 300 million years ago was called:

Asia

Pangaea

Antartica

Pacific

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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