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6th Grade: Plate Tectonics

Test Description: Use these games to help you review the unit on Plate Tectonics

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1) What are divergent plate boundaries?

APlates that slide past each other BPlates that come together CPlates that jump over each other DPlates that separate

2) The type of plate boundary that can cause rift valleys and sea floor spreading is...

ADigressive BTransform CConvergent DDivergent

3) Where would you most likely find a mountain?

AAt divergent boundaries BAt transverse boundaries CAt transform boundaries DAt convergent boundaries

4) A place where two plates slide back and forth past each other is called a

Atransform plate boundary Bconvergent plate boundary Cdivergent plate boundary Dtransverse plate boundary

5) When one plate slides under another one, it is called

Adivergent Bsubduction Cdeduction Drifting

6) When two plates come together, it is called a

Atransform plate boundary Bconvergent plate boundary Cdivergent plate boundary Dmedium plate boundary

7) Where would you most likely find an earthquake occuring?

ATransform plate boundaries BUnder the oceans CTransverse plate boundaries DDivergent plate boundaries

8) Magma that is on the surface is called

Asubduction Blava Cmagma Drifts

9) Two plates separating (going apart) from each other are called

Aconvergent plate boundaries Bdivergent plate boundaries Ctransform plate boundaries Dsubduction plate boundaries

10) Why are understanding the plates of the Earth important?

AIt helps us understand why hurricanes happen. BIt helps us understand what makes up magma. CIt helps us understand geological events like volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. DIt helps us see the inner core.

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