Get kids THINKING! This plate tectonics test has diagrams to analyze and the questions mimic how standardized tests generally ask about this topic. It includes 25 multiple-choice questions and 2 open-response questions.
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Topics Included:
- Plate boundaries and related landforms
- Plate tectonics
- Seafloor spreading
- Continental drift evidence
- Convection in the mantle (the basics)
Less copies and easier to correct – save time with our test packet format! The test is 4 pages long (2 front/back) with an additional 2-sided answer sheet. You only have to make one class set of test question packets and then reuse them class to class, as it is only necessary for the students to write on their answer sheet.
Teacher Notes:
- INCLUDES AN ANSWER KEY.
- Related NGSS Standards: MS-ESS2-3, MA 7 MS-ESS2-2, MA 8.MS-ESS2-1
- Please note: This plate tectonics test is NOT editable.
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Related Standards:
- NGSS MS-ESS2-1: Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
- NGSS MS-ESS2-2: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
- NGSS MS-ESS2-3: Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of past plate motions.
