Earth's Layers and Plate Tectonics

Earth's Layers and Plate Tectonics

7th Grade

15 Qs

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Earth's Layers and Plate Tectonics

Earth's Layers and Plate Tectonics

Assessment

Quiz

Science

7th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, HS-ESS1-5, MS-ESS3-2

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The lithosphere includes which layers of Earth?

The lower mantle and the outer core

The inner and outer core

The crust and upper mantle

The upper mantle and lower mantle

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Before the theory of plate tectonics came to be,

Scientists drilled to the center of the Earth to see what was happening.

Scientists discovered seafloor spreading which lead to the concept of continental drift.

Scientists dated fossils from different animals.

scientists measured ice caps to see if they decreased in size.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which best describes Earths outer core?

It is located between the lower mantle and the inner core.

It is solid iron

It is liquid water

It is hotter than the inner core.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How do scientists study Earths structure?

Drilling to the center of the Earth.

Using seismic waves to map and collect data.

By following a lava flow to a volcano.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

What type of plate boundary is shown in the image?

Convergent

Divergent

Transform

Personal

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How do convection currents effect the Earth?

They make the Earth hot.

They drive plate tectonics

They create the magnet layer.

They provide weather for the breakdown of rock.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How do scientist study the interior of the earth?

Drill down into the Earths core and make observations

Scientists study the movement of seismic waves below the Earths surface.

Using satellite imagery

By watching the plates move.

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