Tectonic Plate

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Science
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6th Grade
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Hard
Standards-aligned
Lisa Thompson
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Two plates collide
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
None
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
This scientist was the first to develop the idea of continental drift.
Wegener
Einstein
Copernicus
Hawking
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is a tectonic plate?
A piece of the Earth's crust
A piece of Earth's mantle
A piece of Earth's core
A piece of Earth's Moon
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
At a divergent boundary, tectonic plates move in what way?
Tectonic plates move towards each other
Tectonic plates slide past each other
Tectonic plates move up and down
Tectonic plates move away from each other
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A land feature that is produced at a convergent boundary is
valley
ocean
canyon
volcano
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which type of plate boundary would cause mountains to form
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
Reform
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?
volcanoes
deep sea trenches
underwater mountain ranges
earthquakes
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
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