Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics Lesson

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Science
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8th Grade
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Hard
+2
Standards-aligned
Lisa Thompson
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15 questions
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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
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
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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