Plate Tectonic Vocabulary

Plate Tectonic Vocabulary

6th Grade

13 Qs

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Plate Tectonic Vocabulary

Plate Tectonic Vocabulary

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th Grade

Medium

NGSS
HS-ESS1-5, MS-ESS2-3, MS-PS1-4

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Laura Dendy

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13 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

A theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move.

plate tectonics

Pangaea

Magma

Lava

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

The name of the single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents

plate tectonics

Pangaea

Magma

Lava

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Heat from the core and the mantle itself causes convection currents in the mantle.

Magma

Lithosphere

convection currents in earth

Asthenosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

A molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle

Magma

Lava

Lithosphere

Asthenosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Magma that reaches Earth's surface

Magma

Lava

Lithosphere

Asthenosphere

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust.

Lava

Asthenosphere

continental crust

Lithosphere

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.

lava

Lithosphere

Asthenosphere

magma

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