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Continental Drift and Plate Boundaries
Continental Drift and Plate Boundaries
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A #science Quiz covering 6th grade Earth Science standards involving continental drift.
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How prepared do you feel for Friday's test?
I need to study but I will be OK!
I am getting the hang of plate tectonics!
Not prepared at all! I'm QUAKIN in my boots!!!!
CALL me ALFRED WEGENER!!!!
2
Which type of boundary destroys crust while forming new mantle?
Subduction Zone
Divergent
Collisional
Transform
3
Which of the following is evidence that Africa and South America were once joined?
The way they fit together.
Fossils of the same land animal found on both.
Both fossils and the way they fit together.
The same human societies on both.
4
The fact that continents don't fit together perfectly, could be explained by the occurrence of
Incorrect Mapping
Formation of Volcanoes
Weathering and Erosion
Not Enough Info
5
How did scientists discover the crust was in pieces we call tectonic plates?
Maps of Earthquakes
Rock Formations
The Rock Cycle
Volcanoes
6
Which is TRUE about Earth’s surface thousands of years ago?
Earth’s crust is always changing and looks very different.
Earth’s surface looked the same as it does now.
Earth’s surface has only slightly changed.
We don't know.
7
Which layer gives off energy that heats the outer core and mantle?
Crust
Mantle
Lithosphere
Inner Core
8
Which idea explains how tectonic plates move on the Earth’s surface?
Changes in weather on Earth’s surface.
Earthquakes
Gravity from the Sun
Convection Currents in the Mantle
9
Which type of boundary creates crust?
Subduction Zone
Transform
Collisional
Divergent
10
What evidence can we use to make predictions about how Earth looked THOUSANDS of years ago?
We have no evidence
Rock Formations and Landforms
Human Stories
Pictures from that time period.
11
The mountain range like formation on the ocean floor, where new crust is formed is called the..
Rift Valley
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Hot Spot
Earthquake Zone
12
A collision between two pieces of continental crust at a convergent boundary produces…
Rift Valley
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Volcanoes
Mountain Ranges
13
Which type of boundary consists of two plates coming together?
Convergent
Plate Boundary Zone
Transform
Divergent
14
Most earthquakes occur at which type of boundary?
Divergent
Subduction Zone
Transform
Collisional
15
What do we call the area of earth made up of the upper mantle and crust?
Athenosphere
Lithosphere
convection currents
atmosphere
16
Volcanoes can only be found at subduction zones.
True
False
17
The tectonic plates have always been in the same place.
True
False
18
Which of the three types of plate boundaries slides past one another?
Plate Boundary Zones
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
19
Which type of boundary has an ocean plate diving under a continental plate?
Divergent
Collisional
Transform
Subduction Zone
20
How did the discovery of the mid ocean ridge help support the Theory of Continental Drift?
Is has a lot of Earthquakes.
Age of the rocks changed as you moved away from the ridge.
It was the first Convergent Boundary found underwater.
Fossils of animals who live on land were found there.
21
Who developed the theory of continental drift?
Alfred Wegener
Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
Stephen Hawking
22
If 2 pieces of continental crust collided many years ago, what evidence might you find?
Fossils
New Lakes
No Evidence
Mountain Ranges
23
A place where magma makes its way through the crust and forms volcanic island chains.
Convergent Boundary
Subduction Zone
Divergent Boundary
Hot Spot
24
A crack in the Earth's crust is called a ...
mid-ocean ridge
subduction zone
fault
rift valley
25
Which type of boundary is most likely to form volcanoes?
Collisional
Divergent
Transform
Subduction Zone
26
Where did the scientists find red sandstone of the same age and with the same crystal pattern?
North America and Asia
Scotland and North America
South America and Africa
Africa and Asia
27
A ring of active volcanoes in the Pacific
Hot Zone
Ring Of Fire
Earthquake Ring
Volcano Zone
28
The heating and cooling of molten rock in the mantle results in a current causing….
Tsunamis
Movement of the Plates
Fossils to Form
Natural Lakes
29
Which of these statements supports the Theory of Continental Drift or Pangea?
Identical mountain ranges found on different continents.
Identical fossils found on different continents.
All of these support the theory.
Continents that fit together like puzzle pieces.
30
The heating and cooling of the mantle, causing the magma to circulate is called ____________.
Plate Tectonics
Convection
Continental Drift
Movement
