Plate Tectonics Introduction

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Science
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8th Grade
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Hard
+6
Standards-aligned
Lisa Thompson
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25 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the driving force behind the movement of the tectonic plates?
Gravity
Convection
Wave motion
Seismic activity
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
2.
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
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How do the plates move along convergent boundaries?
They move towards one another
They move away from one another
They move past one another
One moves up and one moves down
4.
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
5.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Divergent boundary
A plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide horizontally past one another
Subduction
A plate boundary where two tectonic plates move toward each other and collide
Transform boundary
A plate boundary where two tectonic plates move apart from each other
Convergent boundary
process in which two lithospheric plates of different densities converge and the denser one sinks into the mantle beneath the other
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
6.
DRAG AND DROP QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
This image shows the formation of a mountain range at this (a) plate boundary.
convergent
destructive force
force field
divergent
transform
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
7.
DRAG AND DROP QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
(a) the process by which rock material moves under Earth’s outer layer and into the mantle due to plate motion
subduction
uplift
weathering
sediment
Tags
ESS2.A
ESS2.C
ESS3.A
ESS3.C
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