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6th Grade Earth Science: Layers and Plates
6th Grade Earth Science: Layers and Plates
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Earth's layers and plates along with plate boundaries and crustal features.
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Which plate is shown with a star...?
North American
South American
Pacific
Eurasian
2
What type of boundary can create volcanoes?
Both Transform and Convergent
Transform
None
Convergent
3
In which layer do convection cells occur?
Inner Core
Crust
Outer Core
Mantle
4
What type of plate boundary forms folded mountains?
Convergent
Divergent
All boundaries
Transform
5
Sea floor spreading causes younger sea floor to form near what?
Volcanic Island Arcs
Mid-Ocean Ridges
Subduction Zones
Ocean Trenches
6
Layer B is best described as the thickest layer where convection happens. What layer is that?
Outer Core
Inner Core
Crust
Mantle
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Which type of boundary creates an ocean basin?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
All boundaries
8
Which plate is pictured with a star...?
North America
Eurasia
Indo-Australia
Pacific
9
Which type of boundary creates mid-ocean ridges?
Divergent
Transform
Comvergent
All boundaries
10
Which layer of the earth is the solid, outer layer?
core
mantle
asthenosphere
lithosphere
11
Which liquid layer is made of molten iron and nickel?
inner core
outer core
mantle
asthenosphere
12
What type of boundary is pictured?
Subductive
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
13
Which layer of the earth is the hottest and most dense layer?
Crust
Inner Core
Outer Core
Mantle
14
Which plate is pictured with a star...?
African
Indo-Australian
South American
15
Which plate is shown with a star...?
Indo-Australian
North American
African
Pacific
16
Which type of boundary can create earthquakes?
Transform
All boundaries
Convergent
Divergent
17
What plate is pictured with a star...?
South America
Africa
Indo-Australia
Antarctic
18
What type of boundary is pictured?
Divergent
Subductive
Transform
Convergent
19
Which layer is in the upper mantle, and is a thick plastic like liquid that can flow?
lithosphere
asthenosphere
outer core
mesosphere
20
Which plate is pictured with a star...?
South America
Indo-Australia
Eurasia
Africa
21
What boundary forms mountain ranges?
All boundaries
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
22
What process forms an ocean trench?
Mid-Ocean Ridge at a Divergent Boundary
Continental Collision at a Convergent Boundary
Subduction at Convergent Boundary
Pressure ridges along a Transform Boundary
23
Which plate is pictured with a star...?
Indo-Australian
South American
African
Antarctic
24
Which type of boundary is pictured?
Transform
Convergent
Rift Boundary
Divergent
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East Africa's Rift Zone has the volcano Erta Ale- What type of boundary creates a rift valley?
Divergent
All boundaries
Transform
Convergent
