Chapter 17:  Plate Tectonics

Chapter 17: Plate Tectonics

9th Grade

19 Qs

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Chapter 17:  Plate Tectonics

Chapter 17: Plate Tectonics

Assessment

Quiz

Science

9th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

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

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19 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The existence of coal bdds in Antarctica indicates that the continent once had _____.

been part of Africa

a temperate, rainy climate

a cold, dry climate

been farther from the equator

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

_____ is a fossil fern that helped support Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift.

Gondwanaland

Kannemeyerid

Mesosaurus

Glossopteris

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The youngest part of the ocean floor is found _____.

along deep sea trenches

where ocean sediments are thickest

near ocean ridges

where Earth's magnetic field changes polarity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

At an oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary, _____.

new crust is created

old crust is recycled by subduction

old crust is deformed or fractured

plates slide past one another

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Convection currents transfer thermal energy _____.

between continents

from cooler regions to warmer regions

from warmer regions to cooler regions

as a result of buoyancy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The downward part of a convection current causes a sinking force that _____.

pulls tectonic plates toward one another

moves plates apart from one another

lifts and splits the lithospehre

creates a divergent boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Many early mapmakers thought Earth's continents had moved based on _____.

plate boundary locations

fossil evidence

climatic data

matching coastlines

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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