Plate Tectonics

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9th - 12th Grade
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Cynthia Fullerton
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Rocky or rigid outer part of Earth consisting of the brittle crust and the top part of the upper mantle
Lithosphere
Oceanic Crust
Continental Crust
Asthenosphere
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Mantle convection is the very slow creeping motion of Earth’s solid silicate mantle caused by convection currents carrying heat from the interior to the planet's surface.
Lithosphere
Earthquake
Convection Currents
Core
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NGSS.HS-ESS2-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Solid, outer layer and is made of both the oceanic and continental crust.
Hydrosphere
Core
Mantle
Crust
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
NGSS.HS-ESS2-1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Hot fluid or semi-fluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling.
Convection Current
Lithosphere
Core
Magma
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS2-3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses. It is generally older and more complex than the oceanic crust.
Oceanic Crust
Continental Crust
Magma
Inner Core
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
NGSS.HS-ESS2-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In the region where two continental plates collide, what geological feature MOST often forms?
an ocean
a volcano
a river valley
a mountain chain
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
NGSS.HS-ESS2-1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Crustal plates that pull apart from one another MOST likely form
volcanic island arcs
strike-slip faults
oceanic trenches
rift zones
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
NGSS.HS-ESS2-1
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