PLATE TECTONICS CK 2
Authored by Chris Lysaker
Science
6th Grade
NGSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The theory of plate tectonics owes its beginnings to a young German meteorologist named (a) (b) (c) (d)
Alfred E. Newman
Petroleum Geologists
Alfred Wegener
continental drift
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who wrote the science fiction story "Journey to the Center of the Earth
REggie Hammond
Jules Verne
Inge Lehmann
Zoriel Martin
Billy
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Important evidence supporting plate tectonics came from an unlikely source, (a) (b) (c) (d)
NASA
the United States Navy
a pair of German scientists
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
4.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
SENSE WHEN GROUND MOVES OR SHAKES
SEISMOMETER
PREDICT TO SEE HOW PLATES WILL LOOK IN THE FUTURE
GPS TOOLS
ONE OF THE BEST EARLY TOOLS
COMPUTER MODELS
MUPPETS!!!
MAPS
SEND SIGNALS BACK TO EARTH
ANIMAL, KERMIT AND THE SWEDISH CHEF
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
5.
DRAW QUESTION
3 mins • Ungraded
DRAW A CRAZY VOLCANO ERUPTING!!!
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A force caused the continents to drift apart over time. Once scientists figured out what that force was, the theory of plate tectonics was born! The image above shows what Geologists think the Earth looks like millions of years ago. What name was given to this landmass?
Plate Tectonics
Oceana
Pangea
North America
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 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-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-ESS2-1
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