Plate Motion

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Science
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7th Grade
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Hard
Standards-aligned
Lisa Thompson
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25 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
At divergent plate boundaries ...
Ocean water fills the gap as the plates move away from each other
A gaping hole forms where we can look into the center of the Earth as the plates move away from each other
The plates move together and one sinks under the other, forming a trench
Soft, solid rock from the mantle rises as the plates move away from each other. Then it hardens, adding hard, solid rock to the edges of both plates
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How are earthquakes and plate motion related?
Plate motion causes earthquakes
Earthquakes cause plate motion
Earthquakes have nothing to do with plate motion
Earthquake occur in the middle of the plates
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What happens to a plate that sinks underneath another plate?
continuously sinks into magma until the plate is gone
the plate comes back up in another area
nothing happens
it melts and becomes part of the mantle
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
True or False. A mid-ocean ridge is something formed underwater when two plates move apart.
True
False
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Most geologists think that the movement of Earth’s plates is caused by _______ / La mayoría de los geólogos piensan que el movimiento de las placas de la Tierra es causado por _______
convection / convección.
continental drift / deriva continental.
subduction / subducción.
conduction / conducción.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Fossil remains of Lystrosaurus (an extinct four-legged animal) have been discovered in India and South Africa. When they were living, all the Lystrosaurus lived together on land, and they could not swim. However, now there is an ocean between the Lystrosaurus fossils. What could explain how these fossils got so far apart?
India and South Africa are parts of different plates. The plates slowly moved far apart as soft, solid rock from underneath got added to the edges of the plates over millions of years.
India and South Africa are parts of different plates. The plates floated away from each other across the ocean.
India and South Africa are parts of different plates. The plates slowly moved apart as new plates from underneath got added between them over millions of years.
India and South Africa are parts of different plates. The plates were sometimes pushed far apart by earthquakes, and soft, solid rock from underneath got added to the edges of the plates.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
7.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Can people living on the North American and Eurasian plates feel them moving apart? Why or why not?
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Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
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