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9th Grade

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Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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Look at the image. The South American and Nasca plate are moving together. Which type of boundary is this? 

divergent
convergent
transform fault

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

When molten rock reaches the Earth's surface, comes out and begins to cool, it is known as

lava
mantle
magma
crater

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The movement of Earth's crust along plate boundaries produces

earthquakes
volcanoes
moutains
All of these options. 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What causes tectonic plates to move?

ocean currents
convection currents in the mantle
volcanoes
the Coriolis Effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What is subduction?

one plate collides with another
one plate destroys another
one plate goes beneath another
one plate divides another

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What is the shaking of the Earth’s crust caused by a release of energy?

Earthquake
Epicenter
Fault
Plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?

Tectonic plates

Subductions

Earthquakes

Convergents

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