Unit 5 Review

Unit 5 Review

6th Grade

23 Qs

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Unit 5 Review

Unit 5 Review

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS2-1

+3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Keyanna Kramer

Used 20+ times

FREE Resource

23 questions

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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

Tags

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

Tags

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

Tags

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

Tags

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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