Mountains, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes

Mountains, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes

6th - 8th Grade

9 Qs

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Mountains, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes

Mountains, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th - 8th Grade

Easy

NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS3-2

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Marlena Abramowitz

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9 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

Which of these most likely results from plate movement?

Sandy Beaches

Mountain Ranges

Global Winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

Which can cause an earthquake?

Seismographs

Plate Movement

P Waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

Which feature most likely formed when these two plates collided into each other?

An ocean

a desert

a glacier

a mountain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

Which event most likely formed this land feature?

Hot liquid rick moving to the surface

Rivers depositing large amounts of sand

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The violent shaking of Earth’s crust as built-up energy is released is called a/an ___________________________.

Epicenter

Earthquake

Fault

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

What does this map show?

There are no predictable patterns to earthquakes.

There is a pattern to global earthquakes.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The theory explaining that Earth's crust is made up of moving plates

Erosion

Natural disasters

Plate tectonics

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Mountains are created by

Plates in Earth's crust pushing against each other

Earthquakes inside the ocean

Rocks melting deep inside Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

What is a volcano?

Any tall mountain

A place where magma erupts

A body of water that can explode

An event where the ground shakes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2