Plate Tectonics Quiz

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6th Grade
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Holly Ratcliffe
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What type of plate boundary is characterized by the two plates moving apart?
Convergent Plate Boundaries
Divergent Plate Boundaries
Conservative Boundaries
No Volcanoes
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What geological feature is formed when a divergent plate boundary occurs on land?
Shield Volcanoes
Rift Valley
Explosive Volcanoes
Islands
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which plate boundary involves the collision of oceanic crust with continental crust?
Convergent Plate Boundaries
Divergent Plate Boundaries
Conservative Boundaries
No Volcanoes
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What happens to the oceanic crust when it collides with continental crust?
It subducts into the mantle and melts
It rises up and forms shield volcanoes
It creates rift valleys
It causes small earthquakes
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which type of plate boundary results in the formation of some of the most explosive volcanoes?
Convergent Plate Boundaries
Divergent Plate Boundaries
Conservative Boundaries
No Volcanoes
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is an example of a volcano formed at a convergent plate boundary?
Mt St Helen's
Iceland
Italian Volcanoes
No Volcanoes
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What causes the slow movement of tectonic plates?
Heat from the earth's core
Magma rising up in the gap
Collision of oceanic and continental crust
Convection currents
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