Exploring Mountains, Volcanoes, and Earthquakes

Exploring Mountains, Volcanoes, and Earthquakes

Assessment

Interactive Video

Science

6th - 10th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS3-2, MS-ESS2-3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Liam Anderson

FREE Resource

Standards-aligned

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
,
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
The video explores Earth's dynamic nature, focusing on mountain ranges, Earth's structure, and plate tectonics. It explains how mountains form through plate movements and describes different types of mountains. The video also covers volcanoes and earthquakes, detailing their causes and effects.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following mountain ranges is located in North America?

Alps

Himalayas

Rocky Mountains

Andes

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the highest peak in Africa?

Mount Everest

Mount McKinley

Kilimanjaro

Vinson Massif

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which layer of the Earth is composed of solid iron and has a temperature of 5,500 degrees Celsius?

Mantle

Inner Core

Crust

Outer Core

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the theory that explains the movement of Earth's plates and the formation of mountains?

Volcanism

Seafloor Spreading

Plate Tectonics

Continental Drift

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which type of mountain is formed by the upward folding of the Earth's crust?

Volcanic Mountains

Fold Mountains

Fault Block Mountains

Dome Mountains

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How are dome mountains formed?

By the collision of tectonic plates

By the folding of the Earth's crust

By the cracking of the Earth's crust along fault lines

By the upward bulging of rock layers due to magma

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for the point where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another?

Epicenter

Subduction Zone

Magma Chamber

Transform Boundary

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