Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th Grade

Hard

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

Standards-aligned

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Wayground Science

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17 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

At which plate boundary is new crust formed?

divergent

convergent

continental

transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 2 pts

What types of landforms are formed at convergent boundaries?

PICK TWO

volcanoes

new crust

Trenches

rift valley

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What is the WHOLE AREA called where the oceanic crust goes beneath the continental crust?

subtraction zone

section zone

secondary zone

subduction zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

At which boundary is crust neither consumed or created?

divergent

convergent

transform

oceanic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

5.

LABELLING QUESTION

2 mins • 5 pts

Drag the labels to the correct the locations on the diagram.

a
b
c
d
e

Mid-ocean Ridge

trench

slab pull

convergent boundary

divergent boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

6.

CATEGORIZE QUESTION

3 mins • 6 pts

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Convergent boundary

,

(b) Divergent boundary

,

(c) Transform boundary

mid-ocean ridge

only earthquakes

volcanoes

seafloor spreading

trench

horizontal displacement

island arcs

rift zones

fault lines

under water mountains

mountains

rift valley

subduction zones

San Andreas Fault

strike-slip faults

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

7.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

A plate boundary is shown in this image. This would be a (a)   boundary.

Divergent
Seafloor Spreading
Convergent
Transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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