GRADE 10 SCIENCE- PLATE TECTONICS

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Julius Riego
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Earth's crust is composed of plates that are constantly moving with each other. What principle suggests this statement?
a. Continental Drift Theory
b.Plate Boundaries
c. Earthquakes and Volcanoes
d.Plate Tectonics
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What land form can be produced by the collision of two continental plates?
a.oceanic ridge
b.oceanic trench
c. mountain ranges
d.mountain volcanoes
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Plate boundaries are the cracks or the gaps found in between crustal plates.These boundaries are classified based on how two plates move with one another.If two tectonic plates move away from each other what kind of plate boundary do they have?
a.convergent boundary
b. divergent boundary
c.seismic boundary
d. transform boundary
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following will form if two oceanic plates collide in their boundary?
a.oceanic ridge
b. oceanic trench
c. mountain ranges
d. volcanoes
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
These are areas of the Earth where plumes of magma rise from the outer core and seeps through the crust resulting to volcanic eruption. What do you call these areas?
a. crustal plates
b.hot spots
c.plate boundaries
d.tectonic plates
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What converging tectonic plates has no formation of trench, volcano instead just a large group of tall mountains?
a. continental plate & continental plate
b. continental plate & oceanic plate
c.oceanic plate & oceanic plate
d. none of the above
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What geologic structures or features are formed in the diverging of tectonic plates
a. formation of rift valleys & oceanic ridges
b.. mountain ranges
c. Volcano
d. volcanic arc
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
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