STAAR Plate Tectonics
Authored by Charity Wiemann
Science
7th - 8th Grade
NGSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Formed when magma cools beneath the Earth’s surface; requires heat
sedimentary rock
igneous rock
metamorphic rock
classic rock
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Occurs when rocks are broken apart by physical processes
deposition
weathering
erosion
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Alfred Wegener believed landmasses of Earth once fit together to form a single landmass called “Pangaea”.
Theory of plate tectonics
Theory of continental drift
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Occur when plates are moving apart
transform boundary
divergent boundary
convergent boundary
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Common site of geologic activity caused by moving plates
earthquakes
volcanoes
plate boundaries
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
The movement of sediment; moves pieces of Earth from one place and builds land in another
deposition
weathering
erosion
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Where one plate moves under another
subtraction zone
sublimation zone
subduction zone
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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
NGSS.HS-ESS2-1
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