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Plate Tectonics Quiz
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1.

LABELLING QUESTION

1 min • 3 pts

Label the parts of the plate boundary

a
b
c
Subduction zone
Continental crust
Mountains

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2.

LABELLING QUESTION

1 min • 4 pts

Label the parts of this plate boundary.

a
b
c
d
Continental volcanic arc
Continental crust
Oceanic crust
Subduction zone

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3.

LABELLING QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Label each plate boundary.

a
b
c
Transform
Divergent
Convergent

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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass then broke apart:

continental drift

seafloor spreading

plate tectonics

convection currents

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5.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

Continental crust is ​ (a)   and ​ (b)   dense than oceanic crust.

thicker
less
thinner
more

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6.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 3 pts

Match the scientist with their contribution

Used SONAR images to explain the mechanism behind continental drift

Alfred Wegener

Proposed the continental drift theory

Marie Tharp

Created the first scientific map of the sea floor

Harry Hess

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7.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Match the landform that is found at each boundary

Volcanic island arc

Continental-continental divergent

Mid-ocean ridge

Continental-continental convergent

Rift valley

Oceanic-oceanic divergent

Mountains

Oceanic-oceanic convergent

Continental volcano arc

Continental-oceanic convergent

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

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