Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics

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Science
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7th 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 • 1 pt
When 2 plates move away from each other, it happens at this plate boundary.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Sea-floor spreading at mid-ocean ridges is an example of this type of plate boundary movement.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
This scale rates earthquakes based on the total amount of energy they release.
Mercalli scale
Richter scale
Moment Magnitude scale
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
This scale rates earthquakes based on the level of damage created by an earthquake.
Mercalli scale
Richter scale
Moment magnitude scale
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
This is created after an earthquake where the plates move underwater. Water is displaced and creates huge waves in a body of water.
Tsunami
aftershocks
earthquake
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 12 pts
Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?
submarine zone
divergence zone
subduction zone
lower zone
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 12 pts
Name the boundary
convergent boundary
divergent boundary
transform boundary
sergent boundary
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
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