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Exploring the Types of Plate Boundaries

Exploring the Types of Plate Boundaries

Assessment

Interactive Video

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Science

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6th - 8th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Medium

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NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, HS-ESS2-1, MS-ESS3-2

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Standards-aligned

Created by

Emma Peterson

Used 147+ times

FREE Resource

Standards-aligned

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
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NGSS.HS-ESS2-1
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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What occurs at convergent boundaries?

Plates move away from each other

Plates slide past each other

Plates remain stationary

Plates move towards and collide with each other

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What geological feature is formed when the oceanic crust subducts under continental crust?

Volcanic mountains

Transform fault

Mid-ocean ridge

Oceanic trench

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What forms when two continental plates collide?

Volcanic islands

Oceanic trenches

Mid-ocean ridges

Folded mountains

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is primarily formed at oceanic and oceanic convergent boundaries?

Volcanic mountain ranges

Folded mountains

Volcanic island arcs

Rift valleys

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which plate boundary is associated with the creation of new crust?

Subduction zone

Transform boundary

Divergent boundary

Convergent boundary

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a key feature of the mid-ocean ridge?

Earthquake activity

Seafloor spreading

Mountain folding

Volcanic activity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which example illustrates continental and continental divergent boundaries?

San Andreas Fault

East African Rift Valley

Himalayan mountain range

Aleutian Islands

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