Convection Plate Tectonics

Convection Plate Tectonics

10th Grade

15 Qs

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Convection Plate Tectonics

Convection Plate Tectonics

Assessment

Quiz

Science

10th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS2-1, MS-PS1-4

+3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following is true?

The colder the rock the less dense it is, so it rises.

The hotter the rock the more dense it is, so it will sink.

The colder the rock, the more dense it is, so it will sink.

The hotter the rocks the less dense it is, so it will sink.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Observe this diagram of a plate boundary. One statement BEST describes what is happening. It is that

the oceanic crust is melting.

the denser ceanic crust is subducting under the less dense oceanic crust

volcanic islands are forming.

the tectonic plates are moving away from each other.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 12 pts

Media Image

Geologists have long recognized that earthquakes are not randomly distributed on Earth but occur in concentrated areas that coincide with __________ and provide evidence for the theory of ___________ .

mountain ranges; fault zones.

continental borders; supercontinents.

plate boundaries; plate tectonics

areas of liquid magma; sea floor spreading.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

The process where oceanic crust slides under another plate and is melted is called ___________.

seafloor spreading

subduction

continental drift

recycling

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What causes the tectonic plates to continually to move?

Convection currents

Volcanic and seismic activity

Strong winds and storms

Rotation of the solid core

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Mantle convection is the very slow creeping motion of Earth’s solid silicate mantle caused by convection currents carrying heat from the interior to the planet's surface.

Lithosphere

Earthquake

Convection Currents

Core

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In the region where two continental plates collide, what geological feature MOST often forms?

an ocean

a volcano

a river valley

a mountain chain

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

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