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6th Grade Earth Science: Layers and Plates
6th Grade Earth Science: Layers and Plates
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Earth's layers and plates along with plate boundaries and crustal features.
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Which type of boundary is pictured?
Divergent
Transform
Convergent
Rift Boundary
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What type of boundary is pictured?
Convergent
Divergent
Subductive
Transform
3
East Africa's Rift Zone has the volcano Erta Ale- What type of boundary creates a rift valley?
Transform
Divergent
All boundaries
Convergent
4
Which liquid layer is made of molten iron and nickel?
mantle
outer core
asthenosphere
inner core
5
Which plate is shown with a star...?
Pacific
North American
Indo-Australian
African
6
What process forms an ocean trench?
Continental Collision at a Convergent Boundary
Mid-Ocean Ridge at a Divergent Boundary
Subduction at Convergent Boundary
Pressure ridges along a Transform Boundary
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What type of boundary can create volcanoes?
Convergent
None
Transform
Both Transform and Convergent
8
Which plate is pictured with a star...?
Indo-Australian
Antarctic
African
South American
9
Which plate is pictured with a star...?
Eurasia
Africa
Indo-Australia
South America
10
In which layer do convection cells occur?
Mantle
Inner Core
Outer Core
Crust
11
What type of plate boundary forms folded mountains?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
All boundaries
12
Which layer of the earth is the solid, outer layer?
mantle
core
asthenosphere
lithosphere
13
What plate is pictured with a star...?
South America
Africa
Antarctic
Indo-Australia
14
Which layer is in the upper mantle, and is a thick plastic like liquid that can flow?
lithosphere
outer core
asthenosphere
mesosphere
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What type of boundary is pictured?
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
Subductive
16
Sea floor spreading causes younger sea floor to form near what?
Mid-Ocean Ridges
Ocean Trenches
Subduction Zones
Volcanic Island Arcs
17
Which plate is shown with a star...?
Eurasian
Pacific
North American
South American
18
Which plate is pictured with a star...?
Pacific
Indo-Australia
North America
Eurasia
19
Layer B is best described as the thickest layer where convection happens. What layer is that?
Inner Core
Outer Core
Crust
Mantle
20
Which plate is pictured with a star...?
South American
African
Indo-Australian
21
Which layer of the earth is the hottest and most dense layer?
Crust
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core
22
Which type of boundary creates an ocean basin?
Convergent
Transform
All boundaries
Divergent
23
Which type of boundary can create earthquakes?
Divergent
All boundaries
Convergent
Transform
24
Which type of boundary creates mid-ocean ridges?
Divergent
Transform
All boundaries
Comvergent
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What boundary forms mountain ranges?
Convergent
All boundaries
Transform
Divergent
