Earth's Plates Quiz

Earth's Plates Quiz

6th - 8th Grade

10 Qs

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Earth's Plates Quiz

Earth's Plates Quiz

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th - 8th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS2-3, HS-ESS1-5

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Chelsea Overholt

Used 11+ times

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10 questions

Show all answers

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

Media Image

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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