
Plate Tectonics CFA
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Science
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6th Grade
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Jay Patel
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Large pieces of lithosphere that move on top of the asthenosphere are called
plate margins
mantle pieces
tectonic plates
subduction zones
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Using the pictures, Earth's geography has been most affected by
erosion
tectonic movement
sedimentation
volcanic eruption
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The heating and cooling of Earth's mantle causes
convection currents which move the plates on the outer core.
conduction currents which move the plates on the outer core
convection currents which move the lithospheric plates.
conduction currents which move the lithospheric plates.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is happening at point W?
Magma in the mantle is being heated by the hot core, causing it to rise toward the crust, then sink as it cools, the convection circuit pulling the tectonic plates
Water in the mantle is being heated by the hot crust, which causes it to sink toward the core where it cools, the convection circuit pulling the tectonic plates.
Energy from the Sun heats the crust, which conducts heat into the mantle, causing the magma to warm and sink toward the core, pulling the tectonic plates.
Energy from the Sun heats the crust, causing it to shift and pull the tectonic plates, which uses friction to heat the magma in the mantle.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which explanation describes why seafloor spreading occurs?
Lithospheric plates join together under the ocean floor.
Lithospheric plates are formed under the ocean floor.
Lithospheric plates move apart under the ocean floor.
Lithospheric plates rub together under the ocean floor.
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Of what are tectonic plates composed?
silt and clay
rhyolite and obsidian
asthenosphere and crust
oceanic and continental crust
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who proposed the idea of the supercontinent of Pangaea?
Aristotle
Eratrothenes
Pytheas
Alfred Wegener
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
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