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Plate Tectonics

Authored by Brian Streitz

Science

6th Grade

NGSS covered

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Plate Tectonics
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1.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 3 pts

​ (a)   was proposed by ​ (b)   and suggested that the ​ (c)   are in constant motion.

Continental drift
Alfred Wegener
continents
Harry Hess
Seafloor Spreading
oceans

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The earth's plates, rigid slabs of rock, "float" on the ___ .

asthenosphere

lithosphere

mantle

granitic rock

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The earth's outer shell is divided into slabs of rock called ______ .

continental plates

crustal plates

trench plates

tectonic plates

4.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 3 pts

Match the following

transform

Media Image

divergent

Media Image

convergent

Media Image

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

At which plate boundary is new crust formed?

divergent

convergent

continental

transform

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 2 pts

What types of landforms are formed at convergent boundaries?

PICK TWO

volcanoes

new crust

Trenches

rift valley

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What is the WHOLE AREA called where the oceanic crust goes beneath the continental crust?

subtraction zone

section zone

secondary zone

subduction zone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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