Plate Tectonics Bell Ringers & Exit Tickets | Earth & Space Science | Grades 9–12

Plate Tectonics Bell Ringers & Exit Tickets is bell ringer and exit ticket prompts for high school Earth & Space Science (grades 9–12) on Plate Tectonics.

Pairs with: Plate Tectonics Slide Show Presentation; Plate Tectonics Guided Notes; Plate Tectonics Lesson Quiz; Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Words & Definitions.

Sample item: “2. The coastline fit was Wegener's most famous evidence. State it precisely: what fits what?”

What's inside: Bell Ringers & Exit Tickets (editable .docx + PDF, about 2,293 words, 9 pages); answer key / model answers for the teacher.

Standards: HS-ESS1-5 — Evaluate evidence of the past and current movements of continental and oceanic crust and the theory of plate tectonics to explain the ages of crustal rocks. HS-ESS2-3 — Develop a model based on evidence of Earth’s interior to describe the cycling of matter by thermal convection.

Resource type: Bell Ringers & Exit Tickets. Format: editable Microsoft Word file plus a ready-to-print PDF.

Classroom use: Open class with a bell ringer and close with an exit ticket to check understanding. Built for high school Earth & Space Science, grades 9–12.

Format note: These files are delivered in Microsoft Office formats (Word and/or PowerPoint). If you open a worksheet that includes tables in Apple Pages or another non-Microsoft app, table formatting may not display correctly. For best results, use Microsoft Word or PowerPoint (or upload the file to Google Docs). If you run into any formatting issues, contact us and we can send a PDF version.