What is the difference between the lithosphere and asthenosphere that makes up the mantle?

The lithosphere is made of solid rock while the asthenosphere is more flexible hot rock that moves.

The lithosphere is ismade of dense solid meal whle the asthenosphere is made of liquid molten metal

The lithosphere is a mixture of gasses while the asthenosphere is made of solid rock

The lithosphere is molten rock that moves while the asthenosphere is ridid and thin

A German scientist Alfred Wegener was the first to hypothesize that ...........

The Earth's magnetic pole flips

Pangaea was an ancient supercontinent made up of...

America, Greenland, and Europe.

Antarctica, India, and America.

South Africa, India, Australia, and South America.

Peer scientists reviewing Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift rejected his notion because

He did not explain how continents move and what moves them

His evidence was too few to make a valid conclusion

His evidence was not clear in showing how continents were joined

He lied by including false evidence

Where are most divergent boundaries located?

Along the middle of most ocean floors

Along the margins of most continents

Across the middle of many continents

All the above options are correct

The mechanism that moves continents is based on heat energy moving by

Convection in the Asthenosphere

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

Convection currents in the mantle

How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?

Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created

New crust is underwater where it sinks

New crust breaks more easily than old crust

Mountains are created when....

An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate

Two continental plates pull apart

A subduction zone is formed...

when one tectonic plate sinks below another

at every type of convergent plate boundary

at every type of divergent plate boundary

What does the theory of continental drift state?

The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time

Continents are stationary and do not move

The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents

What is represented by the picture?

How the continents are arranged today

What happens when Subduction occurs?

Parts of the crust fall into the mantle

Parts of the crust fall into the core

Parts of the crust fall into space

Plate Tectonics

Quiz

•

Science

•

7th - 8th Grade

•

Practice Problem

•

Medium

•

NGSS

MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS2-2, HS-ESS1-5

+5

Standards-aligned

January Bowen

Used 85+ times

FREE Resource

46 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?

Tectonic plates

Puzzles

Earthquakes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?

Core

Mantle

Crust

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Lava that is still deep inside the earth is called ____________________________.

lava

magma

volcano

earthquake

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

This famous fault in California has a lot of earthquakes!

New Madrid

Denali Fault

Ramapo Seismic Zone

San Andreas Fault

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

Divergent

Convergent

Transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

Divergent

Convergent

Slide/Transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

Divergent

Convergent

Slide/Transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Create a free account and access millions of resources

Create resources

Host any resource

Get auto-graded reports

Continue with Google

Continue with Email

Continue with Classlink

Continue with Clever

or continue with

Microsoft

Apple

Others

Already have an account?

Similar Resources on Wayground

0 questions

Plate Tectonics

Quiz

•

0 questions

Plate Tectonics

Quiz

•

0 questions

Plate Tectonics

Quiz

•

0 questions

Plate Tectonics

Quiz

•

0 questions

Plate Tectonics

Quiz

•

0 questions

Plate Tectonics

Quiz

•

0 questions

Plate Tectonics

Quiz

•

0 questions

PLATE TECTONICS- Review for Quiz

Quiz

•

Popular Resources on Wayground

5 questions

This is not a...winter edition (Drawing game)

Quiz

•

1st - 5th Grade

25 questions

Multiplication Facts

Quiz

•

5th Grade

10 questions

Identify Iconic Christmas Movie Scenes

Interactive video

•

6th - 10th Grade

20 questions

Christmas Trivia

Quiz

•

6th - 8th Grade

18 questions

Kids Christmas Trivia

Quiz

•

KG - 5th Grade

11 questions

How well do you know your Christmas Characters?

Lesson

•

3rd Grade

14 questions

Christmas Trivia

Quiz

•

5th Grade

20 questions

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Quiz

•

5th Grade

Discover more resources for Science

20 questions

Name That Tune Christmas Edition

Quiz

•

6th - 9th Grade

18 questions

Christmas Science

Quiz

•

6th - 8th Grade

37 questions

8.10B Weather Patterns

Quiz

•

8th Grade

10 questions

Exploring Plate Tectonics and Their Boundaries

Interactive video

•

6th - 10th Grade

22 questions

Amplify - Traits and Reproduction

Quiz

•

8th Grade

15 questions

Snow

Quiz

•

6th - 8th Grade

16 questions

Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Review

Quiz

•

7th Grade

20 questions

Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration

Quiz

•

7th Grade

Plate Tectonics

46 questions

What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?

What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?

Lava that is still deep inside the earth is called ____________________________.

This famous fault in California has a lot of earthquakes!

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other is called

Scientists hypothesize that a super continent existed 200 million years ago. This continent is called

A Plate Boundary where two plates move toward each other is called

Create a free account and access millions of resources

Similar Resources on Wayground

Popular Resources on Wayground

Discover more resources for Science