Alfred Wegener, Tectonic Plates and Topography

Alfred Wegener, Tectonic Plates and Topography

5th - 10th Grade

110 Qs

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Alfred Wegener, Tectonic Plates and Topography

Alfred Wegener, Tectonic Plates and Topography

Assessment

Quiz

Science

5th - 10th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS2-1

+4

Standards-aligned

Created by

Nicole Washington

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110 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

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.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

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

Tags

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

Tags

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

Tags

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

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

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