Earth's Tectonic Plates

Earth's Tectonic Plates

6th Grade

15 Qs

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Earth's Tectonic Plates

Earth's Tectonic Plates

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS2-2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Name the Compositional Layer of the Earth where the Tectonic Plates are found

Inner Core

Outer Core

Lower Mantle

Upper Mantle

Crust (Oceanic and Continental)

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This plate includes the continental crust of Greenland, North America, Siberia, and the surrounding oceanic crust.

North American

South American

Eurasian

African

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The structural layer of the earth where the tectonic plates are located

asthenosphere

mesosphere

lithosphere

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Name the plate located at the "bottom" of the earth (the red question mark is on the continent with the same name as the surrounding plate)

South American

Antarctic

African

Indo-Australian

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

The Indo-Australian Plate includes what 2 countries

Indonesia & Australia

India & Austria

Indonesia & Austria

India & Australia

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Name the plate that is composed entirely of oceanic crust and lies beneath an ocean.

Atlantic

Pacific

Indian

Antarctic

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This plate includes most of the landmasses of Europe and Asia.

African

Indo-Australian

Eurasian

Pacific

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