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Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics

Assessment

Passage

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Science

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9th - 12th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Medium

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NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS1-4, HS-ESS2-3

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Standards-aligned

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20 questions

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1.

FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Layer of solid rock that forms earth's outer "skin"

(a)  

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Outermost layer of earth's surface

Mantle

The Crust

Lithosphere

Stratosphere

3.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Describe the mantle's layers and what is in the mantle.

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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Outer Core

Solid iron and nickel
Liquid iron and nickel
Gasoline and water

Molten metals

5.

FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Direct evidence from (a)  

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

6.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Inner core

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7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Alfred Wegener & Continental drift

Proposed the theory of continental drift, suggesting that the continents were once joined together in a single landmass called Pangaea.

Alfred Wegener discovered the theory of plate tectonics
Continental drift is caused by the Earth's rotation
Pangaea is the name of the largest ocean on Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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