Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics

8th Grade

20 Qs

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Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, HS-ESS1-5, MS-ESS3-2

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Yomara Garcia

Used 37+ times

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20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which describes the process of new crust being created?

During seafloor spreading, ocean plates move together forcing ridges of mountains to create new crust.

During seafloor spreading, ocean plates move apart allowing for magma to well up and then move aside.

During seafloor spreading, ocean plates scrape past one another creating friction and forcing magma up through the cracks.

Volcanoes spill lava all over the ocean to create a new crust.

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which statements are evidence of plate tectonic theory? (Check all that apply)

Ocean currents

Glacial Evidence

Continents fit together like puzzle pieces

Weather patterns

Matching landforms

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which statements are evidence of plate tectonic theory? Check what applies

Geological Landforms (mountain chains)

Tidal wave currents

Seafloor Spreading

Fossil Evidence

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Identify the boundary in the illustration.

Convergent Boundary

Divergent Boundary

Transform Boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Identify the boundary in the illustration.

Convergent Boundary

Divergent Boundary

Transform Boundary

Answer explanation

Convergent = COLLIDE

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Identify the boundary in the illustration.

Convergent Boundary

Divergent Boundary

Transform Boundary

Answer explanation

Divergent = Rift Valley / Mid-Ocean Ridge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Identify the boundary in the illustration.

Convergent Boundary

Divergent Boundary

Transform Boundary

Answer explanation

Convergent = Mountains, Trenches, Volcanoes, Volcanic Islands

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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