Plate Tectonics & Landforms

Plate Tectonics & Landforms

8th Grade

20 Qs

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Plate Tectonics & Landforms

Plate Tectonics & Landforms

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS3-2

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Michelle Bumgardner

Used 147+ times

FREE Resource

20 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The two types of crust are _______ and _______.

oceanic, continental

land, Pangaea

continental, volcanic

core, mantle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Oceanic crust is usually _____ dense than continental crust

less

more

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Which city on the map is most likely to experience a major earthquake?

Paris

New York

Juneau

Rio de Janeiro

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When this occurs, new crust is added to the ocean floor

sea-floor spreading

convergent boundary

transform boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The "diving" of a dense plate underneath a less dense plate at a convergent boundary is known as:

subtraction

density

volcanoes

subduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

At this type of boundary, plates move away from each other

convergent

divergent

transform

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

At this type of boundary, plates slide past each other

convergent

divergent

transform

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