Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics

6th - 8th Grade

12 Qs

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Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics

Assessment

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Science

6th - 8th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS3-2, MS-ESS2-1

+2

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12 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which layer is the outermost layer of Earth?

core

mantle

crust

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What are tectonic plates?

huge pieces of Earth's crust that move

huge pieces of Earth's mantle that move

a supercontinent that exited long ago

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What is the continental drift theory?

The layout of the continents is the same today

as it has always been.

All the continents were once one continent that

broke up and drifted apart over hundreds of

millions of years

new continents are continually being created

and destroyed.

The continents have always been separate but

may one day drift together to form a single

continent.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In a tectonic plate demonstration during class, Ms. Thomas

pushes two pieces of modeling clay together. What kind of

plate boundary was the teacher demonstrating?

Transform

Divergent

Convergent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What type of tectonic plate boundary involves a collision of plates?

transform

divergent

convergent

obstructive

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Where do most volcanoes occur?

convergent boundaries

transform boundaries

divergent boundaries

obstructive boundaries

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is responsible for the creation of volcanoes and mountain ranges?

continental drift

tectonic plates

weather and erosion

hurricans

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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