Plate Tectonic Vocabulary
Authored by Terry Dent
Science
5th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 sec • 1 pt
Ancient land mass where all continents were together
Pangea
North America
continental plate
continental drift
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 sec • 1 pt
Movement of heated materials. Hotter materials rise. Cooler materials sink.
Convection Current
Convergent Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Aesthenosphere
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-1
NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 sec • 1 pt
Area where one plate is pushing underneath another one.
subduction zone
divergent boundary
continental drift
Plate tectonics
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 sec • 1 pt
Solid, outermost layer of the earth made of plates and continents
lithosphere
asthenosphere
core
Seafloor
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 sec • 1 pt
Plates that are moving apart from each other
divergent boundary
convergent boundary
subduction zone
continental drift
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 sec • 1 pt
The second, more fluid layer of the earth where plates "float"
asthenosphere
lithosphere
core
continental crust
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 sec • 1 pt
The plates on the ocean floor are moving apart from each other
Seafloor spreading
ocean floor divergence
continental drift
Seafloor convergence
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
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