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Plate Tectonics Quiz

Authored by Heather McDaniel

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8th Grade

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Plate Tectonics Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is plate tectonics?

The study of different types of plates used in cooking.

The process of creating decorative designs on plates.

The practice of using plates to balance energy in the body.

Scientific theory describing the large-scale motion of Earth's lithosphere.

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2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who proposed the theory of plate tectonics?

Isaac Newton

Marie Curie

Charles Darwin

Alfred Wegener

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3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the three types of plate boundaries?

Oceanic boundaries, continental boundaries, and island boundaries

Tectonic boundaries, fault boundaries, and rift boundaries

Divergent boundaries, convergent boundaries, and transform boundaries

Subduction boundaries, collision boundaries, and sliding boundaries

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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens at a convergent plate boundary?

Two tectonic plates sink beneath one another.

Two tectonic plates move apart and create a gap.

Two tectonic plates collide and are forced together.

Two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally.

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5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the three main layers of the Earth?

outer core, inner core, asthenosphere

crust, mantle, core

troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere

atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago?

Laurasia

Gondwana

Pangaea

Atlantis

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What causes earthquakes?

Volcanic eruptions

Tectonic plate movement

Meteorite impacts

Sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust

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