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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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1
What do we call the area of earth made up of the upper mantle and crust?
Athenosphere
convection currents
atmosphere
Lithosphere
2
Which of these statements supports the Theory of Continental Drift or Pangea?
All of these support the theory.
Identical fossils found on different continents.
Continents that fit together like puzzle pieces.
Identical mountain ranges found on different continents.
3
What evidence can we use to make predictions about how Earth looked THOUSANDS of years ago?
We have no evidence
Pictures from that time period.
Human Stories
Rock Formations and Landforms
4
If 2 pieces of continental crust collided many years ago, what evidence might you find?
No Evidence
Fossils
Mountain Ranges
New Lakes
5
Which type of boundary is most likely to form volcanoes?
Divergent
Transform
Collisional
Subduction Zone
6
Most earthquakes occur at which type of boundary?
Subduction Zone
Collisional
Divergent
Transform
7
Where did the scientists find red sandstone of the same age and with the same crystal pattern?
Africa and Asia
South America and Africa
Scotland and North America
North America and Asia
8
How did the discovery of the mid ocean ridge help support the Theory of Continental Drift?
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.
Is has a lot of Earthquakes.
9
Volcanoes can only be found at subduction zones.
True
False
10
Which idea explains how tectonic plates move on the Earth’s surface?
Earthquakes
Gravity from the Sun
Convection Currents in the Mantle
Changes in weather on Earth’s surface.
11
Which type of boundary destroys crust while forming new mantle?
Divergent
Subduction Zone
Collisional
Transform
12
A ring of active volcanoes in the Pacific
Ring Of Fire
Hot Zone
Volcano Zone
Earthquake Ring
13
How prepared do you feel for Friday's test?
I need to study but I will be OK!
Not prepared at all! I'm QUAKIN in my boots!!!!
CALL me ALFRED WEGENER!!!!
I am getting the hang of plate tectonics!
14
A collision between two pieces of continental crust at a convergent boundary produces…
Rift Valley
Volcanoes
Mountain Ranges
Mid-Ocean Ridge
15
The fact that continents don't fit together perfectly, could be explained by the occurrence of
Weathering and Erosion
Formation of Volcanoes
Not Enough Info
Incorrect Mapping
16
Which type of boundary creates crust?
Transform
Collisional
Divergent
Subduction Zone
17
Which layer gives off energy that heats the outer core and mantle?
Crust
Inner Core
Mantle
Lithosphere
18
Which is TRUE about Earth’s surface thousands of years ago?
Earth’s surface has only slightly changed.
Earth’s surface looked the same as it does now.
Earth’s crust is always changing and looks very different.
We don't know.
19
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
20
The heating and cooling of the mantle, causing the magma to circulate is called ____________.
Continental Drift
Plate Tectonics
Convection
Movement
21
Who developed the theory of continental drift?
Stephen Hawking
Albert Einstein
Alfred Wegener
Isaac Newton
22
Which of the three types of plate boundaries slides past one another?
Convergent
Plate Boundary Zones
Transform
Divergent
23
Which of the following is evidence that Africa and South America were once joined?
Both fossils and the way they fit together.
The way they fit together.
The same human societies on both.
Fossils of the same land animal found on both.
24
How did scientists discover the crust was in pieces we call tectonic plates?
Maps of Earthquakes
Rock Formations
Volcanoes
The Rock Cycle
25
Which type of boundary has an ocean plate diving under a continental plate?
Divergent
Transform
Collisional
Subduction Zone
26
Which type of boundary consists of two plates coming together?
Plate Boundary Zone
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
27
A crack in the Earth's crust is called a ...
subduction zone
rift valley
fault
mid-ocean ridge
28
The heating and cooling of molten rock in the mantle results in a current causing….
Tsunamis
Movement of the Plates
Natural Lakes
Fossils to Form
29
A place where magma makes its way through the crust and forms volcanic island chains.
Subduction Zone
Convergent Boundary
Hot Spot
Divergent Boundary
30
The tectonic plates have always been in the same place.
False
True
