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Plate Tectonics Review

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Plate Tectonics Review
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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The youngest material of the ocean floor is found at mid-ocean _________.

ridges
trenches
basins
rifts

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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The presence of the same ________ on several continents supports the idea of continental drift.

rocks
fossils
both fossils and rocks
neither fossils nor rocks

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CCSS.RL.6.7

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3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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A lack of evidence for continental drift prevented many scientists from believing a single supercontinent called _________ existed.

Glossopteris
Pangaea
Gondwanaland
Mesosaurus

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The theory of _______ states that Earth’s crust and upper mantle are broken into sections that are in constant, slow motion.

plate tectonics
continental drift
seafloor spreading
divergent boundaries

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Matching ________ on different continents are evidence for continental drift.

weather systems
river systems
rock structures
wind systems

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Many scientists think hot plastic-like rock in the mantle is forced upward toward the surface, cools, and sinks.  This process is called a(n) _________.

earthquake
convergent boundary
volcano
convection current

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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The _________ is the thinnest layer of Earth.

outer core
inner core
mantle
crust

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