Chapter 17: Plate Tectonics

Chapter 17: Plate Tectonics

9th - 12th Grade

25 Qs

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Chapter 17: Plate Tectonics

Chapter 17: Plate Tectonics

Assessment

Quiz

Science

9th - 12th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS2-2, HS-ESS1-5

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25 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Plate tectonics is the name given to the single continent that existed 200 million years ago.

True

False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Continental drift is the idea that continents now separated by an ocean were once attached.

True

False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The process in which tectonic plates sink back into the mantle is called divergence.

True

False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

A boundary where two plates come together is a transform boundary.

True

False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

A divergent boundary within a continent forms a rift.

True

False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

A line on a map that denotes crust that formed at the same time is

Isochron

Subduction

Seafloor spreading

Paleomagnetism

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The process that creates new ocean crust by the upwelling of magma at ocean ridges is

Divergent boundary

Seafloor spreading

Subduction

Ocean trench

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