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Test review for a 6th grade plate tectonics test.
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1
What type of plate boundary exists between the Indo-Australian Plate and the Eurasian Plate?
divergent
subvergent
convergent
transform
2
Which of the following is happening at A in the picture?
earthquake
subduction
sea floor spreading
transform boundary
3
What type of boundary is responsible for seafloor spreading?
Convergent
Subvergent
Divergent
Transform
4
Compare the pictures. What inference can be made about Earth 225 million years in the future?
There will be more volcanoes.
Earth will have more land than water.
The landmasses will have changed.
The plates will have stopped moving.
5
What type of boundary most likely exists along the "Ring of Fire"?
a rifting boundary
a divergent boundary
a convergent boundary
a transform boundary
6
What event do you predict will occur at the boundary shown?
volcanic island formation
a mountain range formation
an earthquake
trench formation
7
A divergent boundary is -
sliding past.
subducting.
pulling apart.
pushing together.
8
Which of the following occurs along transform boundaries?
volcanoes
subduction
mountain building
earthquakes
9
Why is a broken graham cracker a good model for the lithosphere?
The lithosphere has plasticity.
The lithosphere is solid and brittle.
There are two types of crust.
The lithosphere is brown.
10
Why do most of the 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.
11
Violent earthquakes are most likely to occur at which type of plate boundary?
Subvergent
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
12
Which type of boundary is occurring at A?
a transform boundary
a convergent boundary
a divergent boundary
a strike slip boundary
13
How does the divergent movement of two plates affect the ocean basin between them?
The height of the ocean basin increases.
The ocean basin does not change.
The size of the ocean basin decreases.
The size of the ocean basin increases.
14
Why does oceanic crust typically subduct under continental crust when the two converge?
The oceanic crust is less dense.
The oceanic crust is denser.
The oceanic crust is cooler.
The oceanic crust is thinner.
15
The Himalayan Mountains began forming as a result of which type of plate boundary?
divergent
convergent
subduction
transform
16
What type of boundary exists along the San Andreas Fault where many earthquakes occur?
divergent
trench forming
convergent
transform
17
A subduction zone creates a __________ and __________.
earthquake; tsunamis
continent; oceans
mid-ocean ridge; mountains
trench; volcanoes
18
The type of tectonic plate boundary involving a collision between two tectonic plates is a –
normal boundary
convergent boundary
transform boundary
divergent boundary
19
Which geological event is most likely caused by two continental plates colliding?
volcano erupting
sea floor spreading
mountain building
canyon forming
20
What type of landform occurs where two tectonic plates with continental crust spread apart?
a fault line ridge
a mountain
a mid-ocean ridge
a rift valley
21
Continental mountain ranges are usually associated with -
normal boundaries
divergent boundaries
transform boundaries
convergent boundaries
22
Which of the following contributes to the movement of Earth's tectonic plates?
convection currents below the lithosphere
faults in mountain ranges
energy from the Sun
magnetic-pole reversals
23
Which of the following is happening at B in the picture?
a volcano
mid-ocean ridge
a fault-block mountain
a folded mountain
24
What type of plate boundary exists between the South American Plate and the African Plate?
transform
convergent
subvergent
divergent
