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Plate Tectonics and Geological Features

Authored by Anne Douma

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6th - 8th Grade

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Plate Tectonics and Geological Features
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of plate boundary is created when two plates move away from each other?

Convergent boundary

Divergent boundary

Transform boundary

Subduction boundary

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Himalayan mountain range was formed by the collision of two plates of what type of crust?

Oceanic crust

Volcanic crust

Continental crust

Mantle crust

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the name of the long chain of volcanic mountains running down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean?

The Pacific Ring of Fire

The East Pacific Rise

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge

The Aleutian Trench

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which feature is formed when one tectonic plate is pushed under another?

A mid-ocean ridge

A rift valley

A transform fault

A deep-sea trench

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to the map, where are most of the world's earthquakes and volcanoes found?

In the middle of the tectonic plates

In the center of continents

At the edges of the tectonic plates

On the abyssal plains

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the name of the transform boundary where the Pacific and North American plates grind past each other?

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge

The East African Rift

The San Andreas Fault

The Peru-Chile Trench

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The island country of Iceland is located on top of what major geological feature?

The Mariana Trench

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge

The Himalayas

A hot spot under the Pacific Plate

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