6th fifth Six-Weeks Review

Students are learning about plate tectonics and its relationship with geological events. Which statements are true about plate tectonics? Select TWO correct answers.

• Convergent boundaries pull away from each other and create ocean basins.

• Transform boundaries slide past each other and cause earthquakes.

• Divergent boundaries pull away from each other and create rift valleys.

• Convergent boundaries come together and create ocean basins.

• Divergent boundaries come together and create mountains.

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Which of the following are not caused by the movement of the crustal plates? Select TWO correct answers.

• earthquakes

• volcanic eruptions

• tornadoes

• mountain building

• hurricanes

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Mountains form when two plates are being pushed together. The diagram illustrates what a collision zone could look like. How is this type of convergent boundary different from one that results in a volcano?

• The boundary where plates move away from each other results in a volcano.

• The boundary that results in a volcano has a subduction zone.

• The boundary where plates move side to side results in a volcano.

• There is no difference between the boundary shown and the boundary that results in a volcano.

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Mid-oceanic ridges form where two plates are separating and new ocean floor is being made.

What type of tectonic boundary is found in this area?

• A.

  Divergent Boundary

• B.

  Strike-Slip Boundary

• C.

  Transform Boundary

• D.

  Convergent Boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The layer of Earth that is the solid outermost portion and is part of the mantle and crust is called the _______.

• lithosphere

• asthenosphere

• inner core

• outer core

What layer of the earth comes after the inner core?

• outer core

• mantle

• crust

• asthenosphere

Which layer of the Earth do tectonic plates lie on?

• Mantle

• Inner core

• Lithosphere

• Outer core

Which of the following layers is labeled as A?

• outer core

• crust

• inner core

• mantle

Earthquakes are more common in California than they are in Texas because of the movement of which of the following tectonic plates?

Select TWO correct answers.

• Pacific Plate movement

• North American Plate movement

• South American Plate movement

• African Plate movement

• Eurasian Plate movement

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The Earth’s crust is divided into sections, called plates. The plates are continuously moving on the surface of the Earth which then form geological features.
Which of the following are the major plates?

• Pacific, Caribbean, African, Eurasian, and North American

• North American, South American, Scotia, Caribbean, and Eurasian

• Arabian, Eurasian, North American, Nazca, and Pacific

• African, Pacific, Eurasian, South American, and North American

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