Plate Tectonics

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8th Grade
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Derek Burton
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Below is a picture of sea-floor spreading. How are the ocean crusts moving?
Converging
Diverging
Sliding
No movement
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What type of event will occur at this boundary?
Earthquake
Volcano Eruption
Tornado
Mountain Building
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?
Energy from the Sun
Magnetic Pole Reversal
Convection currents in the mantle
Faults in Mountain Ranges
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Ocean Ridges are formed by _______ plate boundaries
Convergent Oceanic / Continental
Convergent Continental / Continental
Convergent Oceanic / Oceanic
Divergent
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The upper part of the mantle that is semisolid where convection pushes the tectonic plates
Mantle
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Crust
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Observe this diagram of a plate boundary. One statement BEST describes what is happening. It is that
the oceanic crust is melting.
the denser ceanic crust is subducting under the less dense oceanic crust
volcanic islands are forming.
the tectonic plates are moving away from each other.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
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