Tectonic Plates and Their Movements
Passage
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Science
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6th - 8th Grade
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Practice Problem
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Medium
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Rafael Ortiz
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What causes tectonic plates to move?
Convection currents in the mantle
Wind currents
Ocean currents
Magnetic fields
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
At which type of boundary do two tectonic plates move away from each other?
Divergent boundary
Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
Subduction zone
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is formed when two continental plates collide at a convergent boundary?
Mountains
Volcanoes
Ocean trenches
Mid-ocean ridges
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
4.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The process of seafloor spreading occurs at ______ boundaries.
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
5.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Himalayan mountains are growing taller due to the collision of the Indian Plate and the ______ Plate.
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
6.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Subduction creates ocean ______, which are the deepest parts of the ocean.
7.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Earth's lithosphere is broken into more than 12 pieces called ______ plates.
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
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