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Tectonic Plates

Authored by Cristen McCracken

Other Sciences

6th - 8th Grade

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Tectonic Plates
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

When two tectonic plates slide past each other.

transform boundaries
divergent boundaries
convergent boundaries

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What type of currents help move the tectonic plates?

convection
conduction
thermal

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Huge pieces of crust that slowly move on the mantle and are rigid and solid.

crustal moving plates
tectonic plates
convergent plates

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The crust beneath the oceans is more dense than the crust beneath the continents.

True
False

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which plate boundary consists of plates moving toward each other?

transform
convergent
divergent

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Most of the tectonic plates are named after

the continents that sit on them.
the person who discovered that plate.
the oceans around them.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which geological feature is most likely formed when tectonic plates pull away from each other?

ridge
plateau
mountain

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