Understanding Landforms and Tectonics

Understanding Landforms and Tectonics

8th Grade

12 Qs

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Understanding Landforms and Tectonics

Understanding Landforms and Tectonics

Assessment

Quiz

Social Studies

8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Faye Mellenthin

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12 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the four main types of landforms?

Mountains

Hills

Plateaus

Plains

2.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

How much of the Earth’s land area is covered by plains?

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3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of landform makes up roughly 50% of Canada’s land mass? How is this landform typically formed?

The Canadian Shield makes up roughly 50% on Canada’s land mass

Formed through processes of plate tectonics, erosion, and glaciation

4.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Why are valleys important regions for civilizations around the world?

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5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Explain the difference in the two ways valleys are shaped.

Take the form of a “U” or “V” in their shape

Rivers and streams make the sharpest primary cuts (V)

Glaciers melting create a U-shaped valley

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Describe the theory of continental drift. What was the main problem with the scientists' initial hypothesis related to this theory?

Continental Drift-theory that the continental landmasses were “drifting” across the Earth, sometimes plowing through oceans and into each other

Originally thought that the rotation of the Earth caused the continents to shift towards and apart from each other

The continents are moving…but not in this way!

This theory is replaced by the understanding of plate tectonics

7.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Explain the theory of plate tectonics.

Plate tectonics-the theory that Earth’s surface is made up of rigid plates that are pushed by forces inside the planet

The plates are always moving and interacting with one another

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