Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics Lesson

Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics Lesson

8th Grade

15 Qs

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Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics Lesson

Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics Lesson

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS2-1

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The longest mountain chain in the world, the mid-Atlantic ridge, was produced by which boundary?

divergent

allegiant

convergent

transform

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What would you likely find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

volcano

mountains

rift

ridge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

In sea-floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts

along the edges of all the continents.

along mid-ocean ridges.

in deep-ocean trenches.

at the north and south poles.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Below is a picture of sea-floor spreading. How are the ocean crusts moving?

Converging

Diverging

Sliding

No movement

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Earth's lithospheric plates at a rate of a few _____________ every year.

centimeters

miles

kilometers

yards

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The San Andreas Fault in California is known as an active earthquake area. What type of

boundary is it?

Converging

Diverging

Transform

Sea Floor Spreading

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the Theory of Continental Drift?

New continents are continually being created

and destroyed.

The layout of the continents is the same today

as it has always been

The continents have always been separate but

may one day drift together to form a single

continent

All the continents were once one continent that

broke up and drifted apart over hundreds of

millions of years

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

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