Plate Tectonics & Crustal Features
Authored by Robyn Atwood
Science
6th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What are Tectonic plates?
Large moving pieces on Earth's surface that are made of rock.
where two plates divide
The inner core of the earth
where magma rises up and solidifies
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is continental drift?
Made of igneous rock
Where two plates collide
Theory that all of earths continents were once joined together in a singe, huge land mass and then started drifting away from each other.
The process by which new oceanic crust forms when when magma rises up.
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is pangaea?
Huge supercontinent that existed millions of years ago,
Where two plates slide
Where two plates divide
Where two plates collide
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What are divergent Plate Boundaries?
Where two plates divide
Where two plates collide
Where two plates slide
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What are Convergent Plate Boundaries?
Where two plates divide
Where two plates collide
Where two plates slide
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What are Transform Plate Boundaries?
Where two plates divide
Where two plates collide
Where two plates slide
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is seafloor spreading?
Large pieces of lithosphere that move.
Layer made up of the crust and uppermost mantle
The super continent that existed millions of years ago
Process by which new oceanic crust forms when magma rises up and solidifies at the mid-ocean ridge.
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