Changing Earth Surface and Evidence of Plate Movement

Changing Earth Surface and Evidence of Plate Movement

7th - 10th Grade

10 Qs

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Changing Earth Surface and Evidence of Plate Movement

Changing Earth Surface and Evidence of Plate Movement

Assessment

Quiz

Other Sciences

7th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Charles Martinez

FREE Resource

10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Plate tectonics is our current theory of how the movement of continental masses relates to the movement of ocean basins. This movement explains many phenomena, such as

Earthquakes

Volcanoes

Tsunamis

All of the above

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The observation that the continents fit together like puzzle pieces is called

Continental plowing

Continental drift

Wandering continents

Shape matching of continents

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Plate tectonics, or the movement of pieces of Earth's crust, is thought to be caused by

Hot spots

Convection currents in Earth's crust

Convection currents in Earth's mantle

Convection currents in Earth's core

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Earth's continents were once connected in one giant continent called

Eurasia

Giganticus

Pacifica

Pangaea

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Scientists found that the continents were moving apart from each other due to magma rising out of mid-ocean ridges, and they called this

Sea floor spreading

Sea floor rising

Changing sea floor

Underwater volcanos

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why is it dangerous to live near plate boundaries?

Volcanic activity is dangerous to the lives of the people.

It is where the shaking of the ground can be felt which can kill

several people.

Oceanic mantle and continental plates interact at boundaries

Both A and B.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This occurs along the fractures that appear as the plates move apart.

Earthquake

Fault

Heat

Mantle

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