Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics

6th Grade

27 Qs

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Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th Grade

Medium

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

+4

Standards-aligned

Created by

Clay Mayer

Used 13+ times

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27 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift,

Earth's surface is made up of seven major landmasses.

the continents do not move.

Earth is slowly cooling and shrinking.

the continents were once joined together in a single landmass.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is Pangaea?

the name of a German scientist.

the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago

another name for continental drift.

the name of an ancient fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock is called a

landform.

continent.

fossil.

landmass.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What technology did scientists use in the mid-1900's to map the mid-ocean ridge?

satellites

deep-sea diving

submarines

sonar

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 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.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Old oceanic crust is more dense than new oceanic crust because it is

hot.

moving toward a deep-ocean trench.

cool.

closer to the mid-ocean ridge.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Most geologists think that the movement of Earth's plates is caused by

conduction.

earthquakes.

convection currents in the mantle.

Earth's magnetic field.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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