Continental Margins

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8th - 12th Grade
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Kyle Cook
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A(n) _______________ is found on the leading edge of the continent where a plate boundary is located.
Active continental margin
Passive continental margin
Deep ocean trench
Deep ocean basin
Seamount
Answer explanation
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A(n) _______________ is the transition between oceanic and continental lithosphere that is not at a plate boundary.
Active continental margin
Passive continental margin
Deep ocean trench
Deep ocean basin
Seamount
Answer explanation
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A(n) _______________ is the continental shelf, slope, and rise, that is not associated with an ocean trench or subduction zone.
Active continental margin
Passive continental margin
Deep ocean trench
Deep ocean basin
Seamount
Answer explanation
4.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
__________ ____________can change the physical shape of the seafloor by eroding large areas and creating submarine canyons.
Answer explanation
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify letter "B"
Continental shelf
Continental slope
Continental Rise
Continental break
Turbidity current
Answer explanation
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify letter "A"
Continental shelf
Continental slope
Continental Rise
Continental break
Turbidity current
Answer explanation
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify letter "C"
Continental shelf
Continental slope
Continental Rise
Continental break
Turbidity current
Answer explanation
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