Plate Tectonics and Earth's Surface

Plate Tectonics and Earth's Surface

8th Grade

24 Qs

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Plate Tectonics and Earth's Surface

Plate Tectonics and Earth's Surface

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Hard

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

+3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Charles Martinez

Used 2+ times

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24 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What type of stress in normally associated with convergent boundaries?

faulting

tension

shear stress

compression

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

At a divergent boundary, ____________ stress is the most likely to occur.

faulting

tension

shear stress

compression

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following helps to explain why tectonic plates move?

Plates move because of the gravitational force of the moon pulling on Earth's surface.

Plates moves because the asthenosphere is slowly moving.

Plates move because landforms cause them to move in different directions.

Plates move because they are slowly expanding and growing larger.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A tectonic plate is defined as

large, slow moving pieces of Earth's lithosphere.

large, slow moving pieces of Earth's asthenosphere.

large, slow moving pieces of Earth's mesosphere.

large, slow moving pieces of Earth's outer core.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why do folded mountain belts sometimes form at convergent plate boundaries?

because rock is compressed and forced upward.

because convergent plate boundaries occur above hot spots.

because the rock is stretched apart and breaks, which allows magma to rise to Earth's surface.

because subducted oceanic lithosphere melts and rises as magma to Earth's surface.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What can cause a chain of volcanic islands to form far from plate boundaries?

rifting

folding

hot spots

subduction

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

This diagram shows a subduction zone. What type of plate boundary is shown in the image, and what type of landform is likely to occur here?

divergent boundary; a trench

convergent boundary; continental volcanic arc

divergent boundary; island volcanic arc

convergent boundary; folded mountains

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

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