Plate tectonics vocab
Authored by Meredith Hastings
Science
8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface.
Plate Tectonics Theory
plate boundaries
Continental drift
subduction zone
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Sections of the Earth's crust that move due to convection currents.
tectonic plates
subduction zone
deep-ocean trench
deep-ocean trench
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
the theory that the outer part of the earth is made up of rigid plates that move relative to each other.
continental drift
mid-ocean ridge
divergent boundary
Plate Tectonics Theory
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
At plate boundaries, Earth's crust is broken (fault) and rocks slip past each other in one of 3 types of plate boundaries.
tectonic plates
plate boundaries
oceanic crust
continental crust
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
convergent boundary
divergent boundary
transform boundary
subduction zone
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
convergent boundary
divergent boundary
transform boundary
subduction zone
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
convergent boundary
divergent boundary
transform boundary
subduction zone
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