Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics

11th - 12th Grade

14 Qs

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Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics

Assessment

Quiz

Science

11th - 12th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, MS-LS4-1, MS-ESS2-1

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14 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What drives tectonic plate movement? 

gravity
coriolis effect
convection currents
the earth's magnetic core

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the two types of crust?

continental and oceanic
ocean and basin
lower and upper
thick and thin

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift, 

Earth's surface is made up of seven major landmasses
the continents DO NOT move
Earth is slowly cooling and shrinking
the continents were once joined together in a single landmass

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is Pangaea?

the name of a German scientist
the name of the super-continent that existed millions of years ago
another name for continental drift
the name of an ancient fossil

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?

evidence from landforms
evidence from fossils
evidence from human remains
evidence from climate

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Most geologists rejected Alfred Wegener's idea of continental drift because...

it did not agree with their current theory
Wegener was interested in what Earth was like millions of years ago
Wegener used several different types of evidence to support his hypothesis
Wegener could not identify the force that moved the continents

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In Seafloor Spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts or flows out 

along the edges of all the continents
along mid-ocean ridges
in the deep ocean trenches
in the north and south poles

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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