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Test review for a 6th grade plate tectonics test. #platetectonics
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1
What type of landform occurs where two tectonic plates with continental crust spread apart?
a mountain
a rift valley
a mid-ocean ridge
a fault line ridge
2
Which of the following is happening at A in the picture?
earthquake
subduction
sea floor spreading
transform boundary
3
What type of boundary exists along the San Andreas Fault where many earthquakes occur?
convergent
trench forming
transform
divergent
4
Which of the following is happening at B in the picture?
a fault-block mountain
mid-ocean ridge
a folded mountain
a volcano
5
Why do most of the earthquakes or volcanoes on Earth exist along the "Ring of Fire"?
Tectonic plate boundaries are near.
Earth's layers are hotter in that area.
The crust is thinner in that area.
The volcanoes are in the middle of a tectonic plate.
6
Which type of boundary is occurring at A?
a convergent boundary
a divergent boundary
a strike slip boundary
a transform boundary
7
Which geological event is most likely caused by two continental plates colliding?
canyon forming
sea floor spreading
volcano erupting
mountain building
8
Which of the following contributes to the movement of Earth's tectonic plates?
convection currents below the lithosphere
magnetic-pole reversals
faults in mountain ranges
energy from the Sun
9
How does the divergent movement of two plates affect the ocean basin between them?
The size of the ocean basin increases.
The size of the ocean basin decreases.
The ocean basin does not change.
The height of the ocean basin increases.
10
Which of the following occurs along transform boundaries?
earthquakes
volcanoes
subduction
mountain building
11
What type of boundary is responsible for seafloor spreading?
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
Subvergent
12
Violent earthquakes are most likely to occur at which type of plate boundary?
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
Subvergent
13
The Himalayan Mountains began forming as a result of which type of plate boundary?
transform
convergent
divergent
subduction
14
A subduction zone creates a __________ and __________.
earthquake; tsunamis
mid-ocean ridge; mountains
trench; volcanoes
continent; oceans
15
A divergent boundary is -
pulling apart.
sliding past.
pushing together.
subducting.
16
Continental mountain ranges are usually associated with -
divergent boundaries
normal boundaries
transform boundaries
convergent boundaries
17
The type of tectonic plate boundary involving a collision between two tectonic plates is a –
convergent boundary
divergent boundary
normal boundary
transform boundary
18
What event do you predict will occur at the boundary shown?
a mountain range formation
trench formation
volcanic island formation
an earthquake
19
Why does oceanic crust typically subduct under continental crust when the two converge?
The oceanic crust is cooler.
The oceanic crust is thinner.
The oceanic crust is less dense.
The oceanic crust is more dense.
