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Warm-up: Plate Tectonic Theory

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10th - 12th Grade

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Warm-up: Plate Tectonic Theory
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What is the force that moves the continents?

Conduction

Convection

Radiation

Conveyor belts

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NGSS.MS-PS2-5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What results when divergence occurs between two oceanic plates?

a subduction zone
seafloor spreading
an ocean trench
a volcanic island arc

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The theories of Continental Drift and Seafloor Spreading led to the modern theory of ________________.

fault lines

plate drift

plate tectonics

lithospheric shift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The area around the pacific plate where boundaries form is called...

death ring

fire zone

ring of fire

zone of fire

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A subduction zone is formed...

when one tectonic plate sinks below another
at every type of convergent plate boundary
at every type of divergent plate boundary
at transform boundaries

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following supports the theory of seafloor spreading? (choose all that apply)

layered rock of silicon and oxygen

Crustal Age (where new and old are found)

Magnetic Reversal (recorded in ocean crust)

Continuous Mountain Chains

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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This diagram represents seafloor spreading. The + symbol represents normal magnetism, and the - symbol represents rock formed during a magnetic reversal. What is the age of the rock located at letter C?

it is impossible to determine

2.6 million years (3.3 million - 0.7 million)

3.3 million years

0.7 million years

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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