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Tectonic Plates
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6th grade plate tectonics
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1
Which continental tectonic plate lies underneath the starred region?
Eurasian Plate
African Plate
North American Plate
South American Plate
2
Which tectonic plate lies underneath the starred region?
Eurasian Plate
African Plate
North American Plate
Antarctic Plate
3
What is likely to happen at a transform boundary?
volcanoes
earthquakes
rift valley
mountain formation
4
What event will most likely occur at a divergent plate boundary?
The plates will form a mountain chain
)The plates will create an ocean basin
One plate will subduct under the other
A fault line will form, and earthquakes will result
5
What will most likely happen when two tectonic plates converge and move toward each other?
Rift valley
Tropical rainforest
Arid desert
Mountain range
6
When two tectonic plates converge, the land above sea level in this area often generates –
landslides.
hurricanes
mountain ranges.
tsunamis
