Tectonic Plates

Tectonic Plates

4th - 7th Grade

20 Qs

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Tectonic Plates

Tectonic Plates

Assessment

Quiz

Other Sciences

4th - 7th Grade

Hard

Created by

Charles Martinez

FREE Resource

20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 12 pts

Mountains form from....
Tectonic plates sliding past one another
Collision of tectonic plates
Tectonic plates moving away from each other
Tectonic plates disappearing

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent?
Supreme Continent
Eurasia
Plate tectonics
Pangea

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Plate movement is caused by _____
The rotation of the Earth
Ocean tides
Convection currents in the mantle
The moon's gravity

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is the softer moving area of the mantle that contains convection current?
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Outer core
Oceanic crust

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image
This image represents this type of boundary
Divergent
Transform
Convergent
Subduction

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image
This is the driving force behind the movement of tectonic plates.
Mantle convection currents
Oceanic convection currents
Atmospheric convection currents
Solar convection currents

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image
At a divergent boundary, tectonic plates move in what way? 
Tectonic plates move towards each other
Tectonic plates slide past each other
Tectonic plates move up and down
Tectonic plates move away from each other

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