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Plate Tectonics review questions for 6th grade
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Volcanos form at convergent boundaries without subduction.
True
False
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Tectonic plates float on the...
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Hydrosphere
Atmosphere
3
What do scientists believe is the force behind the plate tectonics theory?
the movement of the planets
gravity slab pull
the Sun's gravity
convection currents
4
The slabs of rock known as continents make up the complete lithosphere.
False
True
5
What happens to rock around a subducting plate?
It combines with the other rock.
It disappears from Earth.
It goes over the other plate.
It goes under the other plate
6
Would you like to play this again sometime
No
Yes
7
Earthquakes occur along convergent margins, where plates are
moving apart
sliding past each other
colliding
8
Wegener's Theory of Continental Drift was replaced by the Theory of
paleomorfism
crustal forces
plate tectonics
paleomagnetism
9
Sixty percent of volcanoes occur surrounding the Pacific Ocean, a location called
"the hot zone"
"the Ring of Fire"
"the Volcano Zone"
10
A boundary where the blocks have mostly moved horizontally is called
divergent
transform
convergent
11
Wegener used all these lines of evidence, except
climate change evidence
Fossil evidence
the fit of the continents
volcanic eription evidence
12
What landforms are formed by the movement of the plates?
volcanos
mountains
ocean basins
all of the above
13
Plate tectonics can also be the direct cause of forming
lakes
mountains
streams
oceans
14
Volcanic island arcs form at
divergent zones
subduction zones
transform zones
15
Along which two plates do we see major earthquake activity?
South American and Nazca
Pacific and Eurasian/Indian
Pacific and North/South American
16
The major movement of the plates and description of plate boundaries of the Earth are...
divergent
all of these
transform
convergent
17
The scientists that proposed the theory of continental drift is called
Alfred Wegener
Alfred Hitchcock
Alberto Garcia
Albert Einstein
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What is Pangaea?
the large landmass in which all continents once were connect
Earth's inner core
the largest fault found on Earth
the large landmass that all continents are currently forming
19
The European and African plates pushing against each other or the Alps. This exemplifies
continental-continental collision
oceanic-continental subduction
oceanic-continental collision
oceanic-oceanic subduction
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A divergent boundary is a boundary between two plates that
move toward each other
converge
slide along each other
move away from each other
