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Plate Tectonics and Seafloor Spreading

Authored by Laura Englebert

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9th - 12th Grade

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Plate Tectonics and Seafloor Spreading
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 12 pts

The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by

the rotation of the Earth.

convection currents in the Asthenosphere

the gravity of the iron-nickel core.

the Moho discontinuity.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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Observe this diagram of a plate boundary. One statement BEST describes what is happening. It is that

the oceanic crust is melting.

the denser ceanic crust is subducting under the less dense oceanic crust

volcanic islands are forming.

the tectonic plates are moving away from each other.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the two types of crust?

Thick and thin

Ocean and basin

Lower and upper

Continental and oceanic

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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 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

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5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Most geologists rejected Alfred Wegener's idea of continental drift because...

it did not agree with their current theory

Wegener was interested in what Earth was like millions of years ago

Wegener used several different types of evidence to support his hypothesis

Wegener could not identify the force that moved the continents

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6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift theory?

evidence from landforms

evidence from human remains

evidence from fossils

evidence from climate

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The geological theory that states that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant, slow motion is the theory of

subduction

plate tectonics

evolution

seafloor spreading

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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