plate tectonics
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
A plate boundary is a place where two tectonic plates meet. There are several types of tectonic plate boundaries. Which statement below shows the correct definition of a tectonic plate boundary?
At a divergent boundary, plates separate.
At a transform boundary, plates move apart.
At a convergent boundary, plates slide past each other.
At a divergent boundary, one plate sinks under another plate.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Identify this type of plate movement
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
None
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Tectonic plates can be made of continental crust or oceanic crust, or a combination of the two. Besides their locations, how else are these two kinds of crust different?
Continental crust is thinner than oceanic crust.
Continental crust is thicker than oceanic crust.
Tectonic plates made of continental crust are larger than plates made of oceanic crust.
Tectonic plates made of continental crust are smaller than plates made of oceanic crust.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
__________ describes the large scale movement of the Earth’s lithosphere.
Crust Displacement
Mantle Movement
Plate Tectonic
None
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
This scientist was the first to develop the idea of continental drift.
Wegener
Einstein
Copernicus
Hawking
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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Identify this type of plate movement
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
None
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Around 200 – 250 million years ago ______ started to break into separate plates.
Oceans
China
Pangea
None
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
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