Plate Tectonics

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6th Grade
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Jennifer Landrum
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 4 pts
Which statement is true regarding the age of rock and mid-ocean ridges?
Rock furthest from the ridge is older than rock closest to the ridge.
Rock furthest from the ridge is newer than rock closest to the ridge.
Rock furthest from the ridge is the same age as rock closest to the ridge.
The age of rock and mid-ocean ridges have nothing in common.
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
250 million years ago all the continents were joined into one continent called
Gondwana
Laurasia
Pangaea
Tethys
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 3 pts
Tectonic plates are made of
parts of Earth's lithosphere and asthenosphere.
the continental and oceanic crust and the rigid, upper mantle.
continental crust and oceanic crust only.
the very top of the mantle and part of the asthensophere.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-1
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle is known as the
asthenosphere
mantle
crust
lithosphere
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Identify the type of plate boundary illustrated.
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
Seafloor Spreading
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What scientific theory states that the continents drifted apart over hundreds of millions of years?
Continental Drift
Evolution
Plate Tectonics
Seafloor Spreading
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Identify the type of plate boundary illustrated.
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
Seafloor Spreading
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