Plate Tectonics Test

Plate Tectonics Test

6th Grade

15 Qs

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Plate Tectonics Test

Plate Tectonics Test

Assessment

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Science

6th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, HS-ESS1-5, MS-ESS2-2

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Standards-aligned

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

In the region where two continental plates collide, what geological feature most often forms?

an ocean

a volcano

a river valley

a mountain chain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

Where is the Ring of Fire located? Use map 2

It is located along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
It surrounds the Pacific & Nazca plates
It is on the western side of the Indo-Australian plate?
It surrounds the South American plate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

What types of boundaries do these pictures represent? (Top to bottom)

Divergent, convergent, transform

Transform, divergent, convergent

Divergent, transform, convergent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

Which of the following correctly describes how the two plates are moving?

One plate is sinking under the other.

They are moving toward each other.

They are moving away from each other.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Earth's lithosphere is separated into several major tectonic plates. Which list contains only the names of major tectonic plates?

Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, Southern

lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, mantle, crust

North American, South American, Indo-Australian, Pacific, Eurasian

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

At what type of boundary do plates glide against each other ?

divergent

convergent

transform

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

At what type of boundary do plates move away from each other?

divergent

convergent

transform

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