PLATE TECTONICS

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7th Grade
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Crystal Snyder
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1.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What evidence helped Wegener determine that the continents were once joined?
Choose all that apply.
Shape of continents
Similar climates across oceans
Similar landforms and plants across oceans
Same fossils across multiple continents
The age of the ocean floor
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What evidence helped scientists determine that the continents were once joined?
The age of the ocean floor at ocean rifts
Magma and convection currents
Similar marine life across oceans
Weather patterns across continents
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Where do most volcanoes and earthquakes occur?
In the middle of tectonic plates
At plate boundaries
On the edge of continents
In the oceans
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Diverging tectonic plates are
Sliding past each other horizontally
Moving away from each other
Moving toward each other
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Converging tectonic plates are
Sliding past each other horizontally
Moving away from each other
Moving toward each other
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Transform tectonic plates are
Sliding past each other horizontally
Moving away from each other
Moving toward each other
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which landform or event can can occur at a CONVERGENT: continental to continental plate boundary?
Mountain
Rift Valley
Glacier
Ocean Trench
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
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