
plate tectonics review
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Forms where plates are moving away from each other is called _______.
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Formed where two sections of Earth’s crust are colliding.
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Tectonic plates consist of____.
Continental crust
Oceanic Crust
Both continental and oceanic
Asthenosphere
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The land mass where all of the continents were once together in one large continent is called ________________.
Laurasia
Gondwana
Panthalassa
Pangea
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The fact that similar fossils are found on both sides of the ocean is evidence of____.
magnetic reversal
continental drift
seafloor spreading
oceanic drift
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by______.
convection currents
rotation of the Earth
movement of materials in the outer core
revolution of the Earth
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Observe this diagram of a plate boundary. One statement BEST describes what is happening. It is that____
the oceanic crust is melting.
volcanic islands are forming.
the denser oceanic crust is subducting under the less dense oceanic crust
the tectonic plates are moving away from each other.
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
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