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6th Grade Review for plate tectonics, earthquakes, and volcanoes
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1
What was Pangaea?
A huge mountain range
A large ocean basin
A supercontinent
A landform that was hit by asteroids
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When 2 tectonic plates slide past each other like those on the San Andreas Fault, what boundary is this?
Transform Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Mantle Boundary
Divergent Boundary
3
This is caused when a major earthquake happens at the boundary on the ocean floor....
aftershock
tsunami
magnitude
liquefaction
4
In a normal fault, the hanging wall slides...
UP relative to the footwall
does not move
sideways relative to the footwall
DOWN relative to the footwall
5
Earthquakes are not random. They mainly happen....
in mountain ranges
at plate boundaries
a the borders of all continents
in areas of liquid magma
6
Most earthquakes occur along fractures in the Earth's crust called faults. These occur at the edges of...
tectonic plates
mountain ranges
polar regions
continents
7
What theory is Alfred Wegner credited with introducing?
Plate Tectonics
Natural Selection
Superposition
Continental Drift
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Which of the following is NOT a plate boundary?
Thrust
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
9
The movement of tectonic plates is caused by...
water
convection currents in the mantle
rotation of the earth
gravity of earth's core
10
Which type of volcano has quiet eruptions?
cinder cone volcano
shield volcano
composite volcano
11
When a tectonic plate is pushed under another tectonic plate - what type of boundary is this?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Metamorphic
12
A volcano that may erupt again in the future, but is currently not active/quiet....
dormant
extinct
active
explosive
13
Earthquake maps show evidence for the theory of
supercontinents
sea floor spreading
plate tectonics
fault zones
14
If a volcano's magma is HIGH is silica, the volcano will probably...
erupt quietly
remain dormant
erupt explosively
produce a geyser
15
Which earthquake scale uses the strength of seismic waves to rank and compare earthquakes?
Mercalli Scale
Richter Scale
Moment Magnitude Scale
None of these
16
What was the main reason that Alfred Wegner was not believed by the science community?
The continents looked like puzzle pieces
He could not give a method on how continents moved
His fossil evidence was fake
There was not data to suggest a change in structures
17
Which of the following is NOT supporting evidence for Wegner's theory of Continental Drift?
Climate change was evident through warm weather plants found in Antarctica
Fossils
Ancient Cave Drawings
Continents looks like puzzle pieces
18
The Himalaya Mountains were formed when two plates on Earth collided. This happens when...
oceanic crust converges with oceanic crust
oceanic and continential crust collide
A transform boundary is established
continental crust converges with continental crust
19
Where are the oldest rock on the ocean floor located?
Farther away from the Ocean Ridge
In the middle of the ocean ridge
All rocks are the same age
Closest to the Ocean Ridge
20
When stress pulls a mass of rock in two different directions it is called...
tension
compression
shearing
reverse fault
21
The formation of the Hawaiian Islands is an example of...
continental drift
volcanoes forming at a transform boundary
volcanoes forming at a divergent boundary
hot spot volcanism
