Plate Tectonics

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Science
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9th Grade
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Michelle Famor
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What do you call the supercontinent that was here 225 million years ago?
Laurasia
United States
Gondwanaland
Pangaea
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which is the correct sequence of the layers of the Earth from deepest?
Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
Crust, inner core, mantle, outer core
inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
outer core, mantle, inner core, crust
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
To which of the following is convection of the Earth’s mantle most directly related?
erosion of the Earth’s crust
composition of the Earth’s core
tectonic plate motion
ocean waves
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which structure can form as a result of a divergent plate boundary?
A continental volcanic arc, due to the collision of two plates
A continental mountain, due to the collision of two plates
A mid-ocean ridge, due to the separation of two plates
An ocean trench, due to the separation of two plates
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The three types of volcanoes are
Shield, flat, stratovolcano
stratovolcano, tall, flat
Shield, composite, cinder
scoria, tall, stratovolcano
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The process of one plate, either oceanic or continental, sliding underneath a denser plate is known as
Continental convergence
Subduction
transform boundary
continental divergence
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Pacific Ring of Fire formed due to
The Pacific plate diverging from the surrounding plates
The subduction of the Pacific plate under nearby plates
The North American plate sliding under the Eurasian plate
The subduction of nearby plates underneath the Pacific Plate
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