When Plates Move

When Plates Move

5th - 6th Grade

28 Qs

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When Plates Move

When Plates Move

Assessment

Quiz

Other Sciences

5th - 6th Grade

Hard

Created by

Charles Martinez

FREE Resource

28 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Media Image
This is an example of -
convergent
divergent
transform

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Media Image
This is an example of -
convergent
divergent
transform

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is a major geological event that occurs when plates shift suddenly and release stored energy?
earthquakes
volcanic eruptions
divergent boundaries

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Media Image
Look at the drawing shown.  What likely happens when two continental plates collide?
An ocean trench forms.
Earthquakes occur.
Sea-floor spreading occurs
Folded mountains form.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Media Image
When plates slip sideways against each other the type of boundary we have is...
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
Slip SIdeways

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is a subduction zone?
where plates move into each other
where plates are moving away form each other
where plates move past each other
area where plate slips under another plate

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT a tectonic boundary?
Convergent
Divergent
Sedergent
Transform

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