Plate Tectonics Color-by-Number

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Science
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8th Grade
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Hard
Standards-aligned
Heather Banks
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12 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Continental Drift
A theory suggesting that continents were once single landmass that broke apart and moved (DARK GREEN)
Theory that explains changes in Earth's crust by internal forces (BLUE)
The study of the lithospheric plates, their movements, and Earth features that they affect (LIGHT GREEN)
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Asthenosphere
Rigid blocks of Earth's crust and upper mantle (PEACH)
Region where a plate descend beneath another plate (BLACK)
Zone of weak, plastic-like material in the mantle (DARK GREEN)
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Plate tectonics
Hypothesis proposed by Wegener that led to the theory of continental drift (PURPLE)
Theory that explains changes in Earth's crust by internal forces (BLUE)
A theory suggesting that continents move (DARK GREEN)
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Lithosphere
Zone of weak, plastic-like material in the mantle (DARK GREEN)
Rigid block of Earth's crust and upper mantle (PEACH)
Layer in the upper mantle on which continents move (BLACK)
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Subduction Zone
Region where 2 plates sink into the asthenosphere (PEACH)
Process in which one lithospheric plate slides past another (BLUE)
Region where a plate descends beneath another plate (BLACK)
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Convergent boundary
Area where 2 plates collide (LIGHT GREEN)
Area where 2 plates pull apart (PURPLE)
Area where 2 plates move past each other horizontally (YELLOW)
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Transform boundary
Area where 2 plates move past each other horizontally (DARK GREEN)
Area where 2 plates collide (ORANGE)
Area where 2 plates pull apart (LIGHT GREEN)
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