Plate Tectonics Review

Test Description: 6th grade Plate Tectonics Review

Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.

1) Plates move horizontally past each other along a

2) A ___________ is where new crust is made on the ocean floor .

3) Two plate slide past each other at a

4) A continental-continental collision causes

5) The Ring of Fire surrounds which of Earth's plates?

6) Hawaii is forming because of a

7) How many of the Earth's volcanoes exist around the Ring of Fire?

8) Continental crust is usually _____________ than oceanic crust.

9) The Earth's ____________ is divided into sections or plates.

10) An undersea earthquake can cause a

11) At divergent boundaries, plate are

12) The Aleutian Islands in Alaska were formed by this type of boundary:

13) What occurs at transform boundaries?

14) What percentage of the Earth's earthquakes occur around the Ring of Fire?

15) Which plate is the U.S.A. riding upon?

16) What is used to track the movements of the plates?

17) The San Andreas Fault is a famous

18) Melted rock beneath the Earth's surface is called

19) The process that is responsible for the Earth's plates moving is called

20) Old ocean crust is remelted in areas known as


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