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STEMscopes 4th grade Plate tectonics review
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1
What is most likely to happen to an island sitting on the edge of a tectonic plate?
They are the oldest on Earth.
Its climate is getting colder.
They have volcanic activity.
They never have earthquakes.
2
I am interested in learning more about____________
tornadoes
hurricanes
volcanoes
earthquakes
3
A divergent plate boundary often ______________.
becomes a movie
is a bad place to live
creates mountains
creates new ocean floor
4
___________ is the layer of the Earth made of tectonic plates.
inner core
outer core
crust
mantle
5
Most earthquakes occur here.
in groups of tiny islands
on the steep slopes of old mountains
at the boundaries of continents and oceans
in the center of large continents
6
An area of Earth with lots of volcanoes and earthquakes _________________.
is the thickest tectonic plate
sits on the edge of a tectonic plate
is probably the oldest area on Earth
has indigestion
7
The area on Earth where many volcanoes occur is called_____
the Hotseat
Volcano Island
the Ring of Fire
the Puipui
8
The kind of plate boundary formed from sliding apart is called ______________.
convergent
divergent
transfer
9
Mountains are most likely to occur here.
where plates are pulling apart
randomly around the world
where plates are pushing toward each other
where plates are sliding across each other
10
When one tectonic plate slides under another, it causes ________________.
new ocean floor
anger by the other plate
a mountain to form
a deep ocean trench
