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Worksheets6th grade Unit 10 Plate Tectonics
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name of tectonic plate labeled L?
a)
South American
b)
African
c)
Indo-Australian
d)
Eurasian
2.
What is the name of the tectonic plate labeled G?
a)
South American
b)
North American
c)
African
d)
Eurasian
3.
What is the name of the tectonic plate labeled J ?
a)
South American
b)
Pacific
c)
African
d)
Eurasian
4.
What type of plate tectonic boundary forms an ocean basin?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
missing
5.
The boundary between the North American plate and the Pacific plate is a ___________________________ boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
missing
6.
If you lived near a transform boundary you would practice a/an _________________________ drill while in school.
a)
fire
b)
tornado
c)
earthquake
d)
lock down
7.
While seafloor spreading pushes tectonic plates apart the ___________________________ currents are believed to cause movement inside the Earth and helps to power the movement of the tectonic plates.
a)
magnetic
b)
gravity
c)
convection
d)
electricity
8.
What type of plate tectonic activity would most like occur along the San Andreas fault line?
a)
ocean basin
b)
volcano
c)
earthquake
d)
ridge
9.
A mid-ocean ridge forms at a divergent boundary when 2 plates are moving __________________________ from each other allowing ________________________________ to flow upward & spread the seafloor.
a)
toward, volcanoes
b)
away, magma
c)
away, volcanoes
d)
toward, mountains
10.
The Himalayas were formed when 2 tectonic plates ______________________ (a motion) at a _____________________________ boundary.
a)
collide, convergent
b)
separate, divergent
c)
move past, transform
d)
subduction, convergent
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