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Plate Tectonics REG

Authored by Alec Fuentes

Science

10th - 12th Grade

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Plate Tectonics REG
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A break in Earth's crust along which rocks move is called a ________.

plate
rift
fault
breach

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the name of the single landmass that began to break apart 200 million years ago?

Panthalassa
Laurasia
Gondwanna
Pangaea

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The movement of fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another is _____________.

Convection current
Seismic waves
Sea-floor spreading
Conduction current

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor is called ___________ (example: Mid-Atlantic Ridge).

Divergent boundary

Sea-floor spreading

Convergent boundary

Renovating

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary?

Subduction
Induction
Abduction 
Reduction

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

_____________ is a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.

Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
Divergent boundary
Insurgent boundary

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

_____________ is when two plates move toward each other.

Convergent boundary
Allegiant boundary
Transform boundary
Sliding boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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