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Plate tectonics, earthquakes and volcanoes

7th grade (Year 8 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: NGSS.MS-ESS2-3, NGSS.MS-ESS3-2, NGSS.HS-ESS2-1 · England: KS3 Chemistry: Earth and atmosphere

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Question 1
Plate tectonics: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Mountains such as the Himalayas formed where plates collided.
- B. Plates move a few centimetres each year.
- C. The Earth's crust is broken into large pieces called tectonic plates.
- D. Tectonic plates move several metres every day.
Question 2
Two plates move apart at about 3 cm per year. How far apart will they move in 1 000 years, in kilometres? (1 km = 100 000 cm)
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Question 3
Who first proposed that the continents drift?
- A. Alfred Wegener
- B. Galileo Galilei
- C. Isaac Newton
- D. Charles Darwin
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Question 4
Plate tectonics: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Mountains such as the Himalayas formed where plates collided.
- B. The continents have always been where they are now.
- C. The Earth's crust is broken into large pieces called tectonic plates.
- D. Scientists cannot yet predict exactly when an earthquake will happen.
Question 5
Two plates move apart at about 3 cm per year. How far apart will they move in 1 000 000 years, in kilometres? (1 km = 100 000 cm)
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Question 6
What drives the slow movement of tectonic plates?
- A. convection currents in the mantle
- B. the wind
- C. the Moon's light
- D. ocean waves
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Question 7
Plate tectonics: which statement is NOT true?
- A. The Earth's crust is broken into large pieces called tectonic plates.
- B. Scientists cannot yet predict exactly when an earthquake will happen.
- C. Plates move a few centimetres each year.
- D. Volcanoes only form in hot countries.
Question 8
Two plates move apart at about 3 cm per year. How far apart will they move in 100 000 years, in kilometres? (1 km = 100 000 cm)
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Question 9
What drives the slow movement of tectonic plates?
- A. the wind
- B. ocean waves
- C. the Moon's light
- D. convection currents in the mantle
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Question 10
Plate tectonics: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Volcanoes only form in hot countries.
- B. The Earth's crust is broken into large pieces called tectonic plates.
- C. Mountains such as the Himalayas formed where plates collided.
- D. Scientists cannot yet predict exactly when an earthquake will happen.
Question 11
Two plates move apart at about 2 cm per year. How far apart will they move in 1 000 000 years, in kilometres? (1 km = 100 000 cm)
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Question 12
What evidence suggests the continents were once joined?
- A. the oceans are salty
- B. the same weather on every continent
- C. all continents are the same size
- D. matching fossils and rock layers on continents far apart
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Question 13
Plate tectonics: which statement is NOT true?
- A. The Earth's crust is broken into large pieces called tectonic plates.
- B. Scientists cannot yet predict exactly when an earthquake will happen.
- C. Plates move a few centimetres each year.
- D. Tectonic plates move several metres every day.
Question 14
Two plates move apart at about 3 cm per year. How far apart will they move in 1 000 000 years, in kilometres? (1 km = 100 000 cm)
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Question 15
Where do most earthquakes and volcanoes happen?
- A. only at the North Pole
- B. along the edges of tectonic plates
- C. randomly everywhere
- D. in the middle of every continent
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Question 16
Plate tectonics: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Mountains such as the Himalayas formed where plates collided.
- B. Tectonic plates move several metres every day.
- C. Scientists cannot yet predict exactly when an earthquake will happen.
- D. Plates move a few centimetres each year.

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