Plate Tectonics Drifting continents

Plate Tectonics Drifting continents

6th Grade

21 Qs

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Plate Tectonics Drifting continents

Plate Tectonics Drifting continents

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th Grade

Easy

NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS2-2, MS-LS4-1

+6

Standards-aligned

Created by

Theresa Farmer

Used 140+ times

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21 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface.

fossil

continental drift

subduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The name of the single landmass that began to break apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continent?

Pangaea

sea floor spreading

mid ocean trench

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past.

shell

mummy

fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The movement of fluid caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another

Deep-ocean trench

Convection currents

Sea-floor spreading

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Form long chains of mountains that rise up from the ocean floor

Deep-ocean trench

Sea-floor spreading

Mid-ocean ridge

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle

Mid-ocean ridge

Deep-ocean trench

Sea-floor spreading

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.

Mid-Ocean ridge

Deep-ocean trench

Sea-floor spreading

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