Quiz about 6th Grade Term 2 CSA

Question 1

The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

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Convergent Boundary

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Divergent Boundary

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Transform Boundary

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Plate Boundary

Question 2

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

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Convection currents in the mantle

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Energy from the Sun

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Magnetic Pole Reversal

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Faults in Mountain Ranges

Question 3

What type of plate boundary is this?

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Convergent

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Plate

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Divergent

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Transform

Question 4

A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

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Pull apart

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Come together

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Slide past each other

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subducting

Question 5

Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 28 Million Years ago.

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Pangea

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Gondwanda

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Laurasia

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Neverland

Question 6

Oceanic Trenches are formed by _______ plate boundaries

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Divergent

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Convergent

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Transform

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Plate

Question 7

A fault is formed by the movement of a __________ plate boundary

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Transform

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Convergent

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Divergent

Question 8

Islands can from from magma which is pushed up at a __________ plate boundary

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Convergent

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Divergent

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Transform

Question 9

Where would the oldest rock be found?

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O

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L

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M

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N

Question 10

Mountains are created when....

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Two continental plates collide

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Two oceanic plates pull apart

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An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate

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Two continental plates pull apart

Question 11

This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel

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Inner Core

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Outer Core

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Mantle

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Crust

Question 12

Which type of plate boundary would cause mountains to form?

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Convergent

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Transform

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Divergent

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Reform

Question 13

The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary

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Divergent

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Convergent

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Reform

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Transform

Question 14

This layer of Earth is the thickest part

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mantle

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crust

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outer core

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inner core

Question 15

What are the two types of crust

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continental and oceanic

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ocean and upper

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lower and upper

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pizza and subway

Question 16

The Himalayas in Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?

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continent-to-continent convergent

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divergent

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ocean-to-continent convergent

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transform

Question 17

Huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move on the asthenosphere and consist of the crust and the rigid, uppermost part of the mantle

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tectonic plates

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North American Plate

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Eurasian Plate

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African Plate

Question 18

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere, including most of the landmasses of Europe and Asia.

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Eurasian Plate

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South American Plate

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North American Plate

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African Plate

Question 19

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of Africa and the surrounding oceanic crust.

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African Plate

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South American Plate

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North American Plate

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Eurasian Plate

Question 20

Identify the Major Plate labeled B

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Pacific Plate

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African Plate

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Antarctic Plate

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Eurasian Plate

Question 21

Identify the Major Plate labeled I

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African Plate

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Antarctic Plate

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Pacific Plate

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Eurasian Plate

Question 22

Identify the Major Plate labeled N

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Antarctic Plate

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African Plate

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Pacific Plate

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Eurasian Plate

Question 23

Identify the Major Plate labeled J

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Eurasian Plate

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African Plate

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Antarctic Plate

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Pacific Plate

Question 24

Identify the Major Plate labeled D

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North American Plate

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Indo-Australian Plate

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South Americana Plate

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Eurasian Plate

Question 25

Identify the Major Plate labeled L

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Indo-Australian Plate

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North American Plate

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South Americana Plate

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Eurasian Plate

Question 26

Identify the Major Plate labeled G

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South Americana Plate

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Indo-Australian Plate

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North American Plate

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Eurasian Plate

Question 27

The thinnest layer of the Earth is the ___________.

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crust

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mantle

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core

Question 28

Tectonic plates are made up of continental crust and ________ crust.

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oceanic

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continental

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plates

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mantle

Question 29

What is the thickest layer of the Earth?

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the mantle

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the crust

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the outer core

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the inner core

Question 30

What is the core made of?

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iron and nickel

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steel

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iron

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aluminum

Question 31

Why is the inner core solid?

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the pressure

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its unknown

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what it's made of

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it is colder than the outer core

Question 32

Which layer of the Earth is the only liquid layer?

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Outer Core

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Inner Core

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Mantle

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Lithosphere

Question 33

Which type of rock results from melting and cooling of magma?

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Igneous

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Metamorphic

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Sedimentary

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Extrusive

Question 34

Which type of rock forms from extreme heat and pressure?

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Metamorphic

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Igneous

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Sedimentary

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Organic

Question 35

A metamorphic rock changes into an igneous rock by what two processes?

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Melting and cooling

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Extreme heat and pressure

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Compaction and cementation

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Weathering and erosion

Question 36

What is the MAIN way rocks are classified?

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How they form

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Their color and shapes

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Mineral bands

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Where they form

Question 37

True/False: Igneous rocks can only turn into metamorphic rocks.

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False

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True

Question 38

This rock was found near the mouth of a volcano. What type of rock is this?

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Igneous

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Sedimentary

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Metamorphic

Question 39

In order for a metamorphic rock to form, _______ is needed.

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Heat and Pressure

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Pressure

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Heat

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Weathering

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