Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics

6th - 8th Grade

22 Qs

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Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics

Assessment

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Science

6th - 8th Grade

Easy

Created by

Julia Spellman

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22 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Who is the scientist who proposed Continental Drift Theory?

Albert Einstein
Alfred Wegener
Isaac Newton
John Dalton

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was Wegener's hypothesis called?

The Theory of Pangea 

The Theory of Moving Continents

The Theory of Continental Drift

The Theory of Techtonic Plates

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What type of fossils were noticed by Wegener to be found on two different continents?

Leaves and flowers
Ice and mountains
Plants and animals
Dinosaurs and reptiles

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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True or False: The continental plates move so quickly that we can feel them.

True

False

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Most geologists think that the movement of Earth's tectonic plates is caused by

the rotation of the Earth.

the Earth's magnetic field.

subduction.

convection currents.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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When plates collide we get ________.

crumbles

volcanos

trenches

mountain ranges

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Associated with transform boundaries.
Volcanoes
mountains
trenches
earthquakes

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