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6th Grade Plate Tectonics Review
6th Grade Plate Tectonics Review
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1
What two layers of the Earth make up the lithosphere?
mantle and outer core
inner core and outer core
crust and upper portion of the mantle
crust and outer core
2
Name the Plate
Pacific Plate
North Amerian Plate
African Plate
South American Plate
3
What is the correct order of the layers of the Earth from outer layers to interior layers?
outer core, inner core, mantle, crust
mantle, crust, inner core, outer core
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
4
What is found directly below the lithosphere?
outer core
lower mantle
inner core
asthenosphere
5
Which layer of the Earth is the thickest layer?
crust
mantle
inner core
outer core
6
What happens when two continental plates collide?
Cracks and Faults
Mountains
Volcanoes and trenches
Mid-Ocean Ridges
7
Name a place on the Earth's surface where sea-floor spreading occurs.
At the San Andreas Fault
Nowhere on Earth
At subduction zones
At Mid-Ocean Ridges
8
Name the Plate
South American Plate
African Plate
Pacific Plate
North Amerian Plate
9
Which of the following is NOT evidence that supports the Theory of Continental Drift?
Puzzle-Fit
Magnetic Stripes showing pole reversals.
Fossil Evidence
Climate Change
10
What happens when an oceanic and continental plate collide?
The plates collide and then bounce apart.
Mid-Ocean Ridges form.
Huge mountains form.
Subduction of the oceanic plate makes volcanoes and trenches
11
At this type of plate boundary, the plates collide.
Elliptical
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
12
Which of the following is evidence that supports the Theory of Sea-Floor Spreading?
Fossil Evidence
Puzzle-Fit
Climate Change
Ages of the Rocks
13
Who developed the Theory of Continental Drift?
J. Tuzo Wilson
Albert Einstein
Alfred Wegener
Harry Hess
14
Which is NOT a type of plate boundary?
Elliptical
Divergent
Transform
Convergent
15
What forms on the upper plate when subduction occurs?
Mountains
Volcanoes
Nothing
Rift Valleys
16
At this type of plate boundary, the plates move apart from each other.
Convergent
Elliptica.
Divergent
Transform
17
Name the Plate
Australian Plate
Eurasian Plate
South American Plate
North American Plate
18
What happens when two oceanic plates collide?
They both create a huge mountain.
The collide then move apart.
They form mid-ocean ridges.
The older plate subducts and volcanoes and trenches form.
19
Who developed the Theory of Sea-Floor Spreading?
Albert Einstein
Harry Hess
J. Tuzo Wilson
Alfred Wegener
20
At this type of plate boundary, the plates grind past each other in opposite directions.
Elliptical
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
21
Name the Plate
North Amerian Plate
African Plate
Pacific Plate
South American Plate
22
Which layer of the Earth is the thinnest layer?
mantle
inner core
outer core
crust
23
Name a place on Earth where subduction is occuring.
On the North American Continent
At the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
At the boundary of the Indian and Eurasian plates
In the Pacific Ocean, forming the Marianas Trench
24
Which layer of the Earth produces the Earth's magnetic field?
crust
inner core
outer core
mantle
25
Which plate will subduct under the other when they collide?
Continental Plate under Oceanic Plate
Oceanic Plate under Continental Plate
There is no such thing as subduction.
Continental Plate under Continental Plate
26
Name the Plate.
South American Plate
Nazca Plate
North American Plate
Antarctic Plate
27
Name the type of plate boundary that forms the San Andreas Fault.
Convergent
Elliptical
Divergent
Transform
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What forms at plate boundaries where the plates collide.
Deep Valleys
Mountains
New Crust
Mid-Ocean Ridges
