6th Grade Science Semester Exam

Front

List the three forces that are at work at plate boundaries:

Back

Divergent, Transform, Convergent

Front

A plate boundary where plates move apart from one another is called a _______ plate boundary.

Back

Divergent

Front

A plate boundary where plates squeeze together is called a _______ plate boundary.

Back

Convergent

Front

A plate boundary where plates slide past one another in the same direction at different speeds is called a _______ plate boundary.

Back

Transverse

Front

A plate boundary where plates slide past one another in opposite directions is called a _______ plate boundary.

Back

Transform

Front

A super-continent that formed roughly 250 million years ago through continental drift, is called _______.

Back

Pangaea

Front

Who suggested the Theory of Continental Drift? _______

Back

Alfred Wegener

Front

A _______ is a seam where two or more plates meet.

Back

plate boundary

Front

Who first noticed the puzzle-like fit of the continents on a map, which later led to the science of plate tectonics?

Back

Abraham Ortelius

Front

Earth’s crust and part of the mantle are broken into sections called _______.

Back

plates