Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics

8th Grade

25 Qs

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Science

8th Grade

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NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS3-2, HS-ESS1-5

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25 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which of Earth's layers is a liquid?

Mantle

Inner Core

Outer Core

Crust

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which of Earth's layers is a solid, metallic sphere?

Mantle

Inner Core

Outer Core

Crust

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Continental crust, oceanic crust, and the upper mantle make up the...

Lithosphere

Asthenosphere

Outer Core

Mesosphere

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following has the lowest density?

Mantle

Asthenosphere

Oceanic Crust

Continental Crust

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What is the hot, gel-like zone within the mantle where convection takes place?

Lithoshpere

Asthenosphere

None of the above

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following are evidence that Wegener used to support his theory of continental drift?

fit of the coastlines of South America and Africa

fossils of the same land animals are found on widely separated continents

ice sheets that covered portions of India and the southern continents 250 million years ago

all of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

According to the theory of plate tectonics, most earthquakes and volcanoes occur mainly...

along plate boundaries.

near the center of each plate.

on the underside of each plate.

all of the above.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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