Chapter 17: Plate Tectonics

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9th - 12th Grade
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Hannah Thomas-Thompson
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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
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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
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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
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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
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
A divergent boundary within a continent forms a rift.
True
False
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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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