Weather/Tectonic Plates REVIEW
Authored by Laura Connaghan
Science
6th - 8th Grade
NGSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who is the scientist who proposed Continental Drift Theory?
Albert Einstein
Alfred Wegener
Isaac Newton
John Dalton
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
According to the continental drift hypothesis, the presence of similar fossils in South America and Africa supports which scientific idea?
Animals easily and frequently travel from Africa to South America.
Species of animals probably traveled between continents on natural rafts (such as trees destroyed in tsunamis).
Land bridges once existed that connected the continents.
South America and Africa were once connected together.
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This plate boundary moves land apart, creating an ocean trench or a valley on land : ________________________
Divergent boundary
Transform boundary
Convergent boundary
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This tectonic plate boundary creates mountain ranges: ____________________
Divergent boundary
Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What causes tectonic plates to move?
convection currents in the mantle
gravity
heat from the sun
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which tectonic plate boundary SLIDES past each other...
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
Continental
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which tectonic plate moves TOWARDS each other...
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
Continental
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
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