1) Which of the following describes a tectonic plate? a) Two plates move apart. b) It is the same as the mantle. c) Volcano d) A large piece of the Earth's crust (lithosphere).. 2) Which of the following describes a convergent plate boundary? a) plates move apart from each other b) plates collide (come together) c) plates slide past each other d) tectonic plate 3) What is the word for a large crack in Earth's surface? a) mountain b) ocean basin c) fault d) volcano 4) What is the theory of plate tectonics? a) The crust is divided into large tectonic plates that are always moving. b) The inner most layer of the Earth. c) One plate slides past another plate. d) It describes how dead animals once lived. 5) Which picture shows a divergent plate boundary? a) ocean basin b) lithosphere c) plate tectonics d) plates pull apart 6) What happens at a transform boundary? a) The lithosphere. b) Plates move apart from each other. c) Plates slide past each other. d) Plates collide (come together). 7) What is shown in this picture? a) An earthquake along a subduction zone. b) The movement along a transform boundary. c) Two continental plates converging. d) A tectonic plate over a hotspot. 8) The folded mountains in this model form at which type of boundary? a) convergent boundary b) mantle boundary c) transform boundary d) divergent boundary 9) What happens at a subduction zone? a) A tectonic plate. b) A fault forms. c) Two plates slide past each other. d) One plate slides under another plate. 10) What is happening in this picture? a) A volcano formed at a transform boundary. b) A valley formed at a convergent boundary. c) A fault formed at a transform boundary d) A ridge formed at a convergent boundary.

5th Grade Plate Tectonics

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