Plate Tectonics Test

Plate Tectonics Test

6th Grade

25 Qs

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Plate Tectonics Test

Plate Tectonics Test

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS1-4

+8

Standards-aligned

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Lithospheric plates have moved to form land formations on Earth’s surface. Which land formation occurs as a result of the plates folding upon one another?

a river

a volcano

an earthquake

a mountain range

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which best explains the movement of tectonic plates?

They move several miles each year because of convection within Earth.

They move several centimeters each year because of convection within Earth.

They move several feet each year because of convection within Earth.

They move several kilometers each year because of convection within Earth.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In the region where two continental plates collide, what geological feature most often forms?

an ocean

a volcano

a river valley

a mountain chain

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The movement of crustal plates results from circulating currents in material beneath the crust of Earth. Which best describes the material which moves the crustal plates?

hot water

molten rock

liquid metal

solid iron

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

5.

LABELLING QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Label each plate boundary.

a
b
c

Divergent

Convergent

Transform

6.

LABELLING QUESTION

1 min • 3 pts

Label the parts of the plate boundary

a
b
c

Mountains

Continental crust

Subduction zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

7.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

​ (a)   the process by which rock material moves under Earth’s outer layer and into the mantle due to plate motion

subduction

uplift

weathering

sediment

Tags

ESS2.A

ESS2.C

ESS3.A

ESS3.C

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