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5th Grade Plate Tectonics Quiz
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1
When two plates slide horizontally past one another, this is called a _______,
Divergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Convergent Boundary
2
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge, is caused by _______
Transform Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Divergent Boundary
3
What happens when these plates move?
All are correct
They can slide past each other.
They can move apart.
They can collide.
4
The San Andreas Fault is an example of a _____ boundary.
Transform
Convirgent
Divergent
5
As the plates move apart, magma(molten rock) oozes up and forms new crust in the form of a ____
Trench
Ridge
Mountain
6
The solid rocky outer layer of the Earth,___form(s) an unbroken covering around the Earth.
does not
does
7
The boundary where two plates move apart is called a ______.
Transform boundry
Divergent boundry
Convergent boundry
8
Volcanoes and oceanic trenches partly encircling the Pacific Basin form the so-called _______
Ring of Fire
Island Chain
Circle of Life
9
BONUS: What type of fault causes earthquakes in Virginia?
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
Reverse
10
We live on the earth's crust, which is a thin layer of _______
Rock
Soi
Water
11
Convergent boundaries are boundaries where the plates _________
Collide
Move Apart
Slide Past Each Other
12
The rocky layer around the Earth is divided into sections called _______
Oceans
Continents
Plates
13
As they crash into each other, one plate slides under the other plate. This is called ______,
Hot Spot
Collision
Subduction