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EEN Plate Tectonics Review

Authored by Keishana Tucker

Science

8th Grade

12 Questions

NGSS covered

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EEN Plate Tectonics Review
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Scientists measure the increasing height of the Himalaya Mountains. Which of the following provides the BEST reason for the height increases of these mountains?

convergent boundary between the Eurasian Plate and Indo-Australian Plate

a divergent boundary between the African Plate and South American Plate

a subduction boundary between the Nazca Plate and South American Plate

a transformation boundary between the Iranian Plate and Arabian Plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The theory of plate tectonics is based on...

evidence of sea floor spreading.

topographic mapping of mountain ranges

an analysis of soil at the plate boundaries.

volcanic activity along coastlines.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which of these BEST explains how tectonic-plate movement causes the formation of mountain ranges?

Convection currents in the mantle force two plates to collide

Sediment builds upward due to crushing forces of subducting plates

The plates separate, allowing the asthenosphere to push through and later cool

Pressure from colliding plates melts rock that later cools to form large boulders.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

At what type of boundary do plates move apart, resulting in the upwelling of material from the mantle to create new seafloor?

transform

subduction zone

divergent (oceanic)

convergent

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

21. When an earthquake occurs, energy radiates in all directions from its source, which is called the ____.

seismic center

epicenter

focus

fault

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Most of Earth’s earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain occur

plate boundaries

in the center of continents

volcanic arcs

in the Himalayas

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7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the type of plate boundary where 2 plates move together, causing one of the slaps of lithosphere to descend into the mantle beneath an overriding plate, often forming volcanic arcs?

divergent

continental-continental convergent

transform

oceanic-continental convergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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