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6th grade TEKS PLATE TECTONICS
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1
What geological event occurs at this boundary?
Earthquake
Mountains
Volcanoes
Mud Slides
2
Name Plate D
South American
African
Indo-Australian
North American
3
What occurs at this type of boundary?
mid ocean ridge
Ocean Basin
Seafloor Spreading
Rift Valley
4
The bold dash marks the boundary between which two plates.
South American and Eurasian
African and Eurasian
North American and African
North American and Eurasian
5
What is the driving force of the tectonic plates (what makes them move)
Ocean Currents
Convection Currents
Conduction Currents
Wind Currents
6
When the plates release energy, what typically happens.
Earthquakes
Mountain Formations
Volcanoes
Island Formation
7
SAN ANDREAS FAULT IS WHAT TYPE OF BOUNDARY?
Slide Collide Divide
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
8
According to the theory of Plate Tectonics, where are most Volcanoes located.
On continental Plate
Underwater
On plate Boundaries
On oceanic Plates
9
In the graphic of the mountain ranges in the US what plate boundary created them?
Divergent
Convergent
Conan the Ape Man
Divergent
10
What occurs at this type of boundary?
ocean basin
sea floor spreading
mountains
volcanoes
11
(True or False) Are the Plate constantly moving?
TRUE
FALSE
12
Which plate is on the west coast of North America.
African
South American
Pacific
Indo-Australian
13
What description describes how the mountain ranges are formed?
Pushing two wash cloths together.
Shaking a bottle of soda.
Dropping a dime in a pile of flour.
Dripping water on a sugar cube.
14
Based on the image where is an OCEAN BASIN located?
North American and Austrailian
Eurasian and Indo Australian
South American and African
Indo-Australian and Eurasian
15
Name Plate E
African
North American
Indo- Australian
South American
