Earth's Plates Quiz

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6th - 8th Grade
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Chelsea Overholt
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10 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the mid-ocean ridge?
A deep valley in the ocean
A giant continuous mountain range on the ocean floor
A flat plain on the ocean floor
A series of underwater volcanoes
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What process causes magma to form at deep-ocean trenches?
Rising sea levels
Sinking slabs of ocean floor
Erosion by ocean currents
Wind patterns
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
NGSS.HS-ESS2-1
NGSS.HS-ESS2-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What can form when two tectonic plates move away from each other?
Mountains
Volcanoes
Deserts
Forests
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the name of the supercontinent that existed about 280-245 million years ago?
Gondwana
Laurasia
Pangaea
Atlantis
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What forms when two continental plates collide (come together)?
Mountains
Volcanoes
Trenches
Islands
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What evidence helps us understand the current positions of continents?
Fossils and rocks
Ocean currents
Weather patterns
Animal migration
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In the FIRST box (box on the LEFT), the plates are moving towards each other and creating a
mid-ocean ridge
ocean trench
mountain
volcano
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
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