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PLATE TECTONICS

Authored by Agnes Endriga

Science

10th Grade

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PLATE TECTONICS
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The idea that continents were once part of a single landmass that broke apart and

moved

CONTINENTAL DRIFT

SEAFLOOR SPREADING

PLATE BOUNDERIES

CONVECTION CURRENTS

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Forms where plates are moving away from each other is called _______.

Transform

Convergent

Divergent

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Formed where two sections of Earth’s crust are colliding.

Divergent

Convergent

Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The land mass where all of the continents were once together in one large continent is called ________________.

Laurasia

Gondwana

Panthalassa

Pangea

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Tectonic plates consist of____.

Continental crust

Oceanic Crust

Both continental and oceanic

Asthenosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The fact that similar fossils are found on both sides of the ocean is evidence of____.

magnetic reversal

continental drift

seafloor spreading

oceanic drift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by______.

convection currents

rotation of the Earth

movement of materials in the outer core

revolution of the Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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