Plate Tectonics Quiz
Authored by Michael Graves
Science
9th Grade
NGSS covered
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1.
LABELING QUESTION
1 min • 3 pts
Label the parts of the plate boundary
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2.
LABELING QUESTION
1 min • 4 pts
Label the parts of this plate boundary.
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3.
LABELING QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Label each plate boundary.
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4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass then broke apart:
continental drift
seafloor spreading
plate tectonics
convection currents
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5.
DRAG AND DROP QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
Continental crust is (a) and (b) dense than oceanic crust.
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6.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 3 pts
Match the scientist with their contribution
Created the first scientific map of the sea floor
Harry Hess
Used SONAR images to explain the mechanism behind continental drift
Alfred Wegener
Proposed the continental drift theory
Marie Tharp
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7.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Match the landform that is found at each boundary
Mid-ocean ridge
Continental-continental divergent
Mountains
Oceanic-oceanic divergent
Continental volcano arc
Continental-oceanic convergent
Volcanic island arc
Continental-continental convergent
Rift valley
Oceanic-oceanic convergent
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