Plate Tectonics!!

Plate Tectonics!!

6th Grade

20 Qs

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What theory states that new ocean crust formed at ocean ridges where plates are diverging?

SEAFLOOR SPREADING

Tectonic Plates

Pangea

Continental drifting

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The edge of ONE plate sinking BELOW another plate is called:

tectonics

faults

eruption

Subduction

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What scientist is credited with developing the theory of continental drift?

Harry

Alfred Wegener

Copernicus

Ptolemy

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the outermost layer of the earth?

mantle

core

Crust

mesophere

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which following statement is true about the earth's inner core.

made of silicon and aluminum

hydrogen

oxygen

Mostly made of Iron

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which statement BEST describes one difference between the earth's mantle and crust?

The mantle is less dense than the crust.

The crust is hotter than the mantle.

The crust is a liquid and a solid.

The mantle is the thinnest layer.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What causes mtns. to form?

Two divergent plates under the sea.

Two continental plates colliding together.

Two continental plates that are moving away from each other.

two oceanic plates sliding past one another.

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