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Plate Tectonics Game
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A Quiz game that can survey students' knowledge about the Plate Tectonics!
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1
Tectonic plates move because of...
Earth's increasing size
volcanic activity
magnetic reversals
convection currents
2
Look at the diagram. Between which tectonic plates is there convergent boundary?
Pacific and Nazca
Eurasian and North American
South American and Nazca
Cocos and Naca
3
The theory that proposes that Earth's surface is broken into moving, rigid plates is called __.
Seafloor Spreading
Continental Drift
Plate Tectonics
Convection Current
4
Which among the following is NOT a plate boundary?
divergent
convergent
transform fault
transformer
5
Mid-ocean ridges are associated with...
divergent plate boundaries
transform plate boundaries
convergent plate boundaries
hot spots
6
What geological activity can occur along ALL the three types of plate boundaries?
subduction
typhoon
earthquake
volcanic
7
If two plates separate at a rate of 15 cm/y, how far will they be after 5,000 years?
750,000 cm
7,500 cm
333 cm
75,000 cm
8
The sinking of a denser tectonic plate below a more buoyant plate is called...
slab pull
plastic
convection
subduction
9
Look at the given diagram. What formation is in the middle?
subduction zone
mid-ocean ridge
trench
mountains
10
Two plates of equal density form mountain ranges along...
divergent boundaries
transform boundaries
ocean-to-continent convergent boundaries
continent-to-continent convergent boundaries
