Transform Boundary

Transform Boundary

8th Grade

9 Qs

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Transform Boundary

Transform Boundary

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Medium

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

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Amy Swislocki

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9 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

What is this image of?

Divergent Plate Boundary

Transform Plate Boundary (San Andreas Fault)

Convergent Plate Boundary

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

What type of Boundary is this? What event will occur at this boundary?

Transform / Earthquakes

Subduction / Volcano Eruption

Tornado / Rain

Mountain Building / Volcanism

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of boundary is formed when plates slide past each other?
convergent
horizontal
divergent
transform

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Tectonic Plate movement is caused by ______________.

the rotation of the Earth

ocean tides

convection currents in the mantle

the moon's gravity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

A boundary that doesn't create or destroy crust is called a:

Transform Boundary

Convergent Boundary

Divergent Boundary

Rift Valley

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of boundary is formed when plates slide past each other?
convergent
horizontal
divergent
transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Which of the following boundaries is a transform boundary?

The boundary between the Scotia Plate and the Antarctic Plate

The boundary between the Pacific Plate and the Philippine Plate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

8.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which processes occur at transform boundaries? Check all that apply.

Volcanic eruptions

Earthquakes

Sea floor spreading

Rifting

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Transform Boundaries

Create new crust

Destroy crust

Neither create or destroy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3