Earth Science: Tectonic Plates ~ Eighth Grade

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13 questions
Note from the author:
Post-Assessment for a Lesson on Tectonic Plates.
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What Type of Plate Boundary Results in Seafloor Spreading?

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Who Was the First to Propose the Idea of Tectonic Plates and Continental Drift?

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What Happens at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?

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What is Pangaea?

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What Layer of the Earth Contains the Tectonic Plates?

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What are Tectonic Plates?

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Convection Currents Bring the Hottest Molten Rock to the Surface and Pull the Cooler Rock Back Down to the Core to Be Re-Melted.

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Earthquakes Are Seismic Activity that Can be Felt on the Earth's Surface.

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What Type of Plate Boundary Created the Himilayan Mountains?

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What Type of Plate Boundary is Found at the San Andreas Fault in California?

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What is the Name Given to the Massive Chain of Volcanoes that Surrounds the Pacific Ocean? (Either Name is Acceptable)

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What Zone, Found at Convergent Plate Boundaries, Allows for Heavier Tectonic Plates to Move Under Lighter Tectonic Plates, and Fall Down into The Earth's Mantle to Become Molten Once Again?

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What Type of Land Mass is Created When Magma Rises Through the Earth's Crust & Turns into Lava Once it Reaches the Surface?