Chapter 7 - Plate Tectonics Review

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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
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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
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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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