Alfred Wegener, Tectonic Plates and Topography

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5th - 10th Grade
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Nicole Washington
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Describe the most likely relationship between these mountains and nearby tectonic plates.
The mountains are probably formed by earthquakes
The mountains are probably formed by the movement of glaciers
The mountains are probably located near the edge of 2 tectonic plates.
The mountains are probably formed by running water.
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Most earthquakes tend to occur at which location?
The central regions of very large continents
Groups of islands farthest from any continents
The boundaries between continents and oceans
The steep slopes of the very oldest mountains
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move on the asthenosphere and consist of the crust and the rigid, uppermost part of the mantle
tectonic plates
North American Plate
Eurasian Plate
African Plate
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
the place where two different plates have contact.
Pacific Plate
Mountains
Earthquakes
Plate Boundaries
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Occurs when two tectonic plates move toward each other and collide
convergent boundary
subduction
volcanic eruptions
divergent boundary
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Events in which molten rock spews out from the mantle to the surface of Earth as ash, lava and gases; major geological events that occur when a dense plate subducts below a less dense plate
Mountain Building
Convergent boundary
Divergent boundary
Volcanic eruptions
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Major geological event that occurs when continental plates of equal density converge, resulting in mountain chains
Mountain Building
Subduction
Volcanic eruptions
Divergent Boundary
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NGSS.HS-ESS2-1
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