Earth's Major Tectonic Plates

Earth's Major Tectonic Plates

6th - 8th Grade

15 Qs

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Earth's Major Tectonic Plates

Earth's Major Tectonic Plates

Assessment

Quiz

Physics

6th - 8th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

NGSS
HS-ESS1-5, MS-ESS2-3, HS-ESS2-1

+2

Standards-aligned

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move on the asthenosphere and consist of the crust and the rigid, uppermost part of the mantle

tectonic plates

North American Plate

Eurasian Plate

African Plate

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of Greenland, North America, Siberia, and the surrounding oceanic crust.

tectonic plates

African Plate

North American Plate

South American Plate

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere, including most of the landmasses of Europe and Asia.

South American Plate

North American Plate

Eurasian Plate

African Plate

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of Africa and the surrounding oceanic crust.

African Plate

South American Plate

North American Plate

Eurasian Plate

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of South America and the oceanic crust extending to the Mid-Atlantic ridge.

North American Plate

Eurasian Plate

African Plate

South American Plate

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of India

Pacific Plate

Antarctic Plate

Indian Plate

African Plate

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that is composed entirely of oceanic crust and lies beneath the Pacific Ocean

Antarctic Plate

Indo-Australian Plate

Pacific Plate

Atlantic Plate

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

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