Tectonic Plate Test
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
About 250 million years ago, Earth's continents moved together to form the supercontinent called
Cambria
Panthalassa
Pangaea
Rodinia
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
What theory says... a single large landmass broke into smaller landmasses and formed the continents, which moved to their present locations?
plate movement
continental shift
continental drift
plate tectonics
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
Which of the following discoveries is evidence supporting the idea of continental drift?
the discovery of sea-floor rock patterns due to magnetic reversals
the discovery of matching plant and animal fossils found on different continents
the discovery that rock age increases as distance from mid-ocean ridges increases
the discovery that most earthquakes are near plate boundaries
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
What are long mountain ranges that divide the sea floor as magma rises and is placed onto Earth's surface called?
ocean trenches
subduction zones
mid ocean ridges
magnetic poles
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
What would be the cause of volcanic islands in the middle of a plate?
subduction
hot spots
folding
rifting
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
Where does there tend to be a great amount of volcanic activity?
near magnetic fields
along seashores
at high elevations
near plate boundaries
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 2 pts
Oceanic crust
is more dense than continental crust.
is less dense than continental crust.
has the same density as continental crust.
none of the above
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
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