Chapter 7 - Plate Tectonics Review

Chapter 7 - Plate Tectonics Review

6th Grade

21 Qs

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Chapter 7 - Plate Tectonics Review

Chapter 7 - Plate Tectonics Review

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, HS-ESS1-5, MS-ESS2-1

+3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Robert Bryan

Used 41+ times

FREE Resource

21 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Scientists at the time rejected Wegner’s hypothesis of continental drift because he could not explain how or why Earth’s continents move.

True

False

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

As new sea floor moves away from an ocean ridge, the sea floor cools and becomes less dense than the material beneath it.

True

False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According the theory of plate tectonics, plates interact at plate boundaries by bouncing off of each other, moving away from each other, or moving horizontally past each other. _______________

True

False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The weight of a subducting plate helps to pull the lithosphere into a subduction zone in a process called ridge push. ______________________________

True

False

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Plates slide past one another at ____.

subduction zones

transform boundaries

convection currents

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Seafloor spreading occurs because ____.

new material is being added to the asthenosphere

sediments accumulate at the area of spreading

molten material beneath Earth's crust rises to the surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The boundary between two plates moving together is called a ____.

divergent boundary

convergent boundary

transform boundary

lithosphere

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