Plate Tectonics Grade 6

Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?

• submarine zone
• divergence zone
• subduction zone
• lower zone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What happens to temperature as you go deeper in the Earth?

• decreases
• increases
• fluctuates
• remains the same

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

Name the boundary

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• sergent boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is represented by the picture? 

• Sea-floor spreading
• Pangea
• How the continents are arranged today
• Volcanoes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Name the boundary

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• sergent boundary

Name the boundary

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• sergent boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Why was Alfred Wegner's theory of Continental Drift not immediately accepted by scientists?

• there was no mechanism to explain how Continental Drift happened.
• The theory of Continental Drift was immediately accepted by the scientific community.
• there was no evidence to support his theory.
• Scientists did not think it was possible for the Continents to move.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

A location where two tectonic plates collide is known as a _________ boundary.

• Convergent
• Divergent
• Transform
• Spreading

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This boundary is described by two plates moving away from eachother along the edges and separating. The resulting gap allows magma to rise and create new crust, forming new lithosphere. 

• Convergent Boundary 
• Divergent Boundary  
• Transform Boundary

This boundary is described as two plates moving past each other ALONG THE EDGES horizontally.  These boundaries will get stuck or lock against each other, causing earthquakes when they slip and release. 

• Convergent Boundary
• Divergent Boundary
• Transform Boundary

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5