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Plate Tectonics & Continental Drift Review
Authored by Heather Okeefe
Science
6th - 8th Grade
NGSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
The place where two plates come together is known as a _______
transform boundary.
divergent boundary.
convergent boundary.
rift valley.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
The San Andreas Fault in California is known as an active earthquake area. What type of
boundary is it?
Converging
Diverging
Transform
Sea Floor Spreading
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
NGSS.HS-ESS2-1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
When two continental crusts push together at a convergent boundary, what do they create?
earthquakes
valleys
sea-floor spreading
mountains
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?
Energy from the Sun
Magnetic Pole Reversal
Convection currents in the mantle
Faults in Mountain Ranges
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
What type of event will occur at this boundary?
Earthquake
Volcano Eruption
Tornado
Mountain Building
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
What geologic process formed the Himalayas?
two continental plates converging
an earthquake in a subduction zone
a tectonic plate moving over a hot spot
movement at a transform fault boundary
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
What occurs at a convergent boundary where an oceanic crust and continental crust come together?
sea-floor spreading
volcanoes
no subduction
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