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Grade 5 Tectonics
What landform(s) is/are formed at a subduction zone?
Subduction Zone
  1. faults
  2. volcanoes only
  3. mountains only
  4. mountains and volcanoes
Grade 5 Tectonics
Which of these would most likely result from plate movement?
  1. global winds
  2. sandy beaches
  3. ocean currents
  4. mountain ranges
Grade 5 Tectonics
The theory of plate movement is called                      .
  1. plate tectonics
  2. geology
  3. continental tectonics
  4. biology
Grade 5 Tectonics
A shaking of the ground, caused by movement of the crust, is a(n)                .
  1. volcano
  2. earthquake
  3. sinkhole
  4. jetty
Grade 5 Tectonics
When plates collide into each other, this event often causes                 to form.
  1. valleys
  2. mountains
  3. continents
  4. hurricanes
Grade 5 Tectonics
When plates slide past each other, this may cause a(n)                 to occur.
  1. tornado
  2. mountain
  3. volcano
  4. earthquake
Grade 5 Tectonics
A crack in the crust is a                .
  1. delta
  2. fault
  3. plate
  4. topography
Grade 5 Tectonics
The continents on Earth used to be combined together in a supercontinent called Pangaea.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Tectonics
Earthquakes are caused by
  1. the moving pieces of Earth's crust.
  2. too much weight on Earth's surface.
  3. the rising of ocean water levels.
  4. unequal heating of the atmosphere.
Grade 5 Tectonics
The point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake is the                .
  1. plate
  2. delta
  3. fault
  4. epicenter
Grade 5 Tectonics
A section of Earth's crust and mantle that fits together like a puzzle is                .
  1. a plate
  2. magma
  3. a jetty
  4. the crust
Grade 5 Tectonics
In the Southwestern U.S., tectonic forces have pushed rocks upward over millions of years to form the Colorado Plateau. As the plateau has risen during this time, the Colorado River has been cutting down through the plateau to form the Grand Canyon.

Development of the Grand Canyon through the uplift of the plateau and erosion by the Colorado River illustrates that
  1. landforms result from constructive forces only.
  2. landforms result from a combination of constructive and destructive forces.
  3. landforms result from neither constructive and destructive forces.
  4. landforms result from destructive forces only.
Grade 5 Tectonics
What do you call the sudden movement of Earth's crust?
  1. earthquake
  2. tsunami
  3. volcano
  4. fault
Grade 5 Tectonics
A break or place where pieces of Earth's crust move
  1. Conversation
  2. Fault
  3. Bedrock
  4. Plates
Grade 5 Tectonics
What causes earthquakes?
  1. Earth's plates bump into each other.
  2. Magma breaks through Earth's crust.
  3. Violent shaking occurs in the ground.
  4. Rocks fall to the ground.
Grade 5 Tectonics
What is a tectonic plate?
  1. a dish made of rock
  2. a kind of mountain
  3. a moving piece of Earth's rocky crust
  4. a loose piece of Earth's inner core
Grade 5 Tectonics
Plates that move apart are called                 boundaries.
  1. convergent
  2. divergent
  3. transform
  4. colliding plate
Grade 5 Tectonics
The epicenter is the point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Tectonics
What type of movement occurs when two tectonic plates push against one another and one plate is pushed underneath the other?
  1. Fault
  2. Divergent
  3. Subduction
  4. Convergent
Grade 5 Tectonics
Volcanoes form mainly at what type of plate boundary?
  1. divergent boundaries
  2. transform boundaries
  3. strike-slip boundaries
  4. convergent boundaries
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