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
Two plates move apart at about 2.5 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 2
What evidence suggests the continents were once joined?
- A. matching fossils and rock layers on continents far apart
- B. the same weather on every continent
- C. the oceans are salty
- D. all continents are the same size
Question 3
Plate tectonics: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Scientists cannot yet predict exactly when an earthquake will happen.
- B. Plates move a few centimetres each year.
- C. Mountains such as the Himalayas formed where plates collided.
- D. Volcanoes only form in hot countries.
Question 4
Two plates move apart at about 3 cm per year. How far apart will they move in 10 000 years, in kilometres? (1 km = 100 000 cm)
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Question 5
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
Question 6
Plate tectonics: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Tectonic plates move several metres every day.
- B. The Earth's crust is broken into large pieces called tectonic plates.
- C. Mountains such as the Himalayas formed where plates collided.
- D. Plates move a few centimetres each year.
Question 7
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 8
What evidence suggests the continents were once joined?
- A. matching fossils and rock layers on continents far apart
- B. the same weather on every continent
- C. all continents are the same size
- D. the oceans are salty
Question 9
Plate tectonics: which statement is NOT true?
- A. The Earth's crust is broken into large pieces called tectonic plates.
- B. The continents have always been where they are now.
- C. Plates move a few centimetres each year.
- D. Scientists cannot yet predict exactly when an earthquake will happen.
Question 10
Two plates move apart at about 2.5 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 11
Who first proposed that the continents drift?
- A. Isaac Newton
- B. Alfred Wegener
- C. Galileo Galilei
- D. Charles Darwin
Question 12
Plate tectonics: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Volcanoes only form in hot countries.
- B. Scientists cannot yet predict exactly when an earthquake will happen.
- C. The Earth's crust is broken into large pieces called tectonic plates.
- D. Mountains such as the Himalayas formed where plates collided.
Question 13
Two plates move apart at about 2 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 14
What drives the slow movement of tectonic plates?
- A. the Moon's light
- B. ocean waves
- C. the wind
- D. convection currents in the mantle
Question 15
Plate tectonics: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Tectonic plates move several metres every day.
- 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 16
Two plates move apart at about 2 cm per year. How far apart will they move in 10 000 years, in kilometres? (1 km = 100 000 cm)
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