Unit 5 Review

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6th Grade
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Keyanna Kramer
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Originally the Continental Drift Theory was not well received by other scientists. Why?
There was a competing theory at the time which was more believable with more evidence
There was no numerical data
The scientists did not know the force responsible for moving the continents
The scientists did not fully understand how fossils could be found so far apart
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What theory stated that Earth's plates are in slow, constant motion but culd not explain how they moved?
Theory of Plate Tectonics
Theory of Continental Drift
Theory of Sea-Floor Spreading
Theory of Convergence
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the new evidence that explained why continents drifted or moved from their original single landmass?
Fossil found in Antarctica indicated continent was once near equator
Landforms found on different continents were composed or made of the same types of rocks
Convection currents in the asthenosphere of the mantle were responsible for plate movement.
Sea-floor spreading indicated ocean currents pushed the plates
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The process by which the more dense plate sinks beneath another plate returning crust to the mantle
subduction
sea-floor spreading
slab pull
ridge push
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The process that adds more crust to the ocean floor
subduction
sea-floor spreading
ridge push
slab pull
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The place where ocean floor or oceanic crust sinks back into the mantle
subduction zone
trench
mid-ocean ridge
asthenosphere
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Feature formed at an oceanic-oceanic divergent boundary
folded moutain
mid-ocean ridge
fault
trench
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