Cont. Drift, Seafloor Spreading, and Plate Tectonics

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Science
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9th - 12th Grade
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Hard
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Standards-aligned
Charles Martinez
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46 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The Mid-Ocean Ridge is a divergent fault on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean that helps explain continental drift. Which best describes where the oldest rock is on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean?
Next to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge on it's East side.
Next to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge on it's West side.
At the very center of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
At the far edge of the ocean plate where it meets the continents
In the center of the oceans where it is still moving
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
At the Mid-Ocean Ridge and active volcanoes you can find:
fault lines
earthquakes
older crust
newest crust
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
A conveyor belt could be used as a model for:
where volcanoes are erupting
where continental plates meet oceanic plates
Where mantle convection cells are heated by the Earth's core
Where the thermal heat is lost at the surface
Where new crust is formed on the ocean floor
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
At which age strip in the picture will new crust form?
5
4
3
2
1
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
The similarity of fossils on different continents is strong evidence for:
Continental drift and that land masses were once closer together
Continental drift and that land masses were once further apart
Plate tectonics theory of recycling crustal plates
Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift and divergent species
Convection cells mixing the heat from the core to the surface of Earth
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Ferromagnetic molecules make up little shavings of iron that are in rock and align themselves to magnetic north when the rock is molten and liquid. Where do we find this?
Past the subduction zones where land and ocean plates collide
On either side of mid-ocean ridges
On the land under the Antarctic cap
In the layers of rock surrounding the Grand Canyon
In the convection cells of the mantle
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Where new magma comes up through the opening at the Mid Ocean Ridge then hardens, the little iron shavings are stuck facing magnetic north when the lava hardens into rock on either side of the ridge.
Plant fossils matching on two continents
Animal fossils matching on two continents
glacier scaring matching on two continents
rock formations matching on two continents
erosion matching on two continents
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1
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