6th Grade Plate Tectonic/Continental Drift Review

The supercontinent in the continental drift hypothesis was called ____.

• Pantry
• Pangaea
• Wegenerland
• Eurasia

What kind of plate boundary occurs where two plates grind past each other without destroying or producing
lithosphere?

• convergent 
• transform
• divergent

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

• continental-oceanic convergent
• continental-continental convergent
• oceanic-oceanic convergent
• continental-continental divergent

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Continental volcanic arcs are associated with what type of plate boundary? Google This one.

• oceanic-continental convergent
• oceanic-oceanic convergent
• continental-continental convergent
• transform

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The formation of the Hawaiian Islands is associated with ____.

• a transform boundary
• hot spots
• convergent boundaries
• divergent boundaries

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According to the theory of plate tectonics, ________.

• the asthenosphere is divided into plates
• the lithosphere is divided into plates

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What type of boundary occurs where two plates move together?

• convergent
• transform
• divergent

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New ocean crust is formed at ______.

• convergent boundaries
• divergent boundaries
• transform fault

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What results when divergence occurs between two oceanic plates?

• a subduction zone
• seafloor spreading
• an ocean trench
• a volcanic island arc

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What forms when one oceanic plate is forced beneath another plate?

• subduction zone
• an ocean ridge
• a rift valley
• an ocean basin

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