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A #science quiz to help explain plate tectonics to #grade6 students.
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1
The South American Plate is?
Plate C
Plate D
Plate A
Plate B
2
The Ring of Fire is around the Pacific Ocean. What plate doesn't border the Ring of Fire?
North American Plate
Australian Plate
South American Plate
African Plate
3
Rockies and Appalachians are mtn ranges in the US. Which movement caused these mtn ranges.
Divergent
Oceanic
Convergent
Transform
4
Ocean basins form at which type of plate boundary?
Divergent
Oceanic
Convergent
Transform
5
The border marked with a bold dashed line is between which two plates?
Indo-Australian and Pacific
Eurasian and African
Eurasian and North American
North American and South American
6
The forces responsible for the formation and growth of Mt. Everest are due to?
Transform Boundary
Fault Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Divergent Boundary
7
Which of the following properties is responsible for the movement of tectonic plates?
Density of continental crust
Convection currents in the asthenosphere
Temperature of oceanic crust
Thickness of Earth’s layers
8
Edges of tectonic plates have lots of tension, the plates shift and energy is released. What is the most likely result?
Island Formation
Mountain Formation
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
9
Which of the following methods would best model how the mountains formed?
Push two towels together
Shake a soda bottle until the soda shoots up
Drop pennies into a pile
Drip water on the sides of a sugarcube
10
The folded mountains in this model form at which type of plate boundary?
Convergent boundary
Subduction boundary
Transform boundary
Divergent boundary
11
A major transform boundary is on the San Andreas fault. Which type of event would occur here?
Volcano
Earthquake
Seafloor Spreading
Mountain Building
12
Which statement best describes the movement of Earth’s plates?
The plates moved for millions of years but have now stopped.
The plates are constantly moving.
Plates stayed in place millions of years but are moving now.
There is no evidence that plates ever moved.
13
Which student correctly identified the geologic process that formed the Himalayan mountains?
Student 3
Student 4
Student 1
Student 2
14
What plate boundary feature is shown?
A valley forming at an active divergent boundary
A volcano formed by an active transform boundary
A ridge formed by an inactive convergent boundary
A fault forming at an active transform boundary
15
What is the name of Plate E?
Eurasion
Indo-Austrailian
African
Pacific
16
Mountain ranges form where crustal plates meet. What type of boundary causes this geo. event?
Divergent Boundary
Strike-slip Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
17
According to the theory of plate tectonics, where do most active volcanoes occur?
Underwater
On continental plates
Along plate boundaries
On oceanic plates
18
Based on the image above, one of the boundaries between which plates is known as transform?
North American and Pacific
South American and African
Indo-Australian and Pacific
Eurasian and North American
19
What type of geologic event is most likely to occur at this type of boundary?
Volcanic Eruption
Earthquake
Mountain Building
Ocean Basin
20
Which plate is located between the South American Plate and the Eurasian Plate?
Pacific
North American
Indo-Australian
African
21
Which of these best describes the type of tectonic activity that forms rift valleys?
Where two plates move away from eachother.
Where an oceanic plate moves under another oceanic plate.
Where a plate slides horizontally past another plate.
Where a continental plate moves under an oceanic plate.
22
Based on the map, volcanic activity would most likely be found at?
Location Z
Location X
Location Y
Location W
23
Based on the image above, the boundary between which plates is likely to form an ocean basin?
Eurasian and Indo-Australian
North American and Pacific
Indo-Australian and Pacific
South American and African
