
Plate Tectonics Review
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The process in which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle again is what?
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent?
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The mantle is made of magma. When magma rises and sinks in a circular motion, this is called ______________.
a conduction current
a hot spot
a volcanic eruption
a convection current
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS1-4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
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.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Alfred Wegener thought the continents had moved because he saw evidence of fossils of the same land reptiles, found on different continents that were widely separated across oceans. Wegener’s use of the fossil evidence helped develop his theory of ____.
Seafloor Spreading
Land Shifting
Mountain Formation
Continental Drift
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Fossils of the fern Glossopteris have been found in Africa, Australia, South America, and Antarctica.
How do scientists explain this observation?
the continents were at one time joined together when the plant was growing and then moved apart
the fern plants grew independently on each continent
the fern had adaptations to survive the environments of the continents
the wind blew the seeds across the oceans from continent to continent
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
True or False?
All of the following is evidence used by Hess to develop his explanation for Seafloor Spreading.
matching patterns of magnetic stripes on the ocean floor molten material along mid ocean ridges older rock found farther from mid ocean ridges
True
False
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