Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics

8th Grade

26 Qs

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Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS2-1

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Derek Burton

Used 5+ times

FREE Resource

26 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

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

Media Image
Wegener’s proposal of a supercontinent was supported by:
earthquake data
seafloor magnetism
rock, fossil, and climate data.
convection currents in the mantle.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

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

Media Image

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

Media Image

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

Media Image

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

Media Image

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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