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Grade 5 Tectonics
Plates that move together are called                 boundaries.
  1. convergent
  2. divergent
  3. transform
  4. spreading plate
Grade 5 Tectonics
What kind of boundary occurs when two tectonic plates push against one another?
  1. Convergent
  2. Divergent
  3. Subduction
  4. Fault
Grade 5 Tectonics
When earthquakes occur, what do they produce?
  1. Lava
  2. Pressure waves
  3. Temperature change
  4. Seismic waves
Grade 5 Tectonics
At a convergent plate boundary, plates collide into one another.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Tectonics
Divergent plates cause the ocean floor to                .
  1. shrink
  2. spread
  3. sink
  4. crumble
Grade 5 Tectonics
What is uplift?
  1. when particles of a rock are removed form their source
  2. forms when a rock is heated of squeezed
  3. the process by which regions of the crust rise to higher elevations
  4. none of the above
Grade 5 Tectonics
Using the Richter scale, which of these earthquakes would likely cause the most damage?
  1. 1-2
  2. 3-4
  3. 5-6
  4. 7-8
Grade 5 Tectonics
Geologists have used two main types of evidence to learn about Earth's interior: Direct evidence from rock samples and indirect evidence from                .
  1. water
  2. lava
  3. seismic waves
  4. pressure
Grade 5 Tectonics
Tsunami's are usually caused by               Earthquakes              .
Grade 5 Tectonics
What is the process by which one lithospheric plate is forced under another?
  1. abyssal plain
  2. seamount
  3. subduction
  4. sonar
Grade 5 Tectonics
The sections of the crust and mantle that fit together like a puzzle are plates.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Tectonics
Earthquakes can occur at transform plate boundaries.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Tectonics
What do you call the type of plate boundary where two tectonic plates push together?
  1. Convergent Boundaries
  2. Divergent Boundaries
  3. Transform Boundaries
Grade 5 Tectonics
What do you call the process when two plates push together, sometimes, one plate goes down the other?
  1. Erosion
  2. Folding
  3. Subduction
  4. Weathering
Grade 5 Tectonics
Earthquakes are caused by tectonic movements in the Earth’s crust.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Tectonics
At a transform plate boundary, plates slide/rub/drag past one another.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Tectonics
Sometimes tectonic forces cause cracks to form in rock. If pieces of the rock move along these cracks, the cracks are called faults.

Scientists use the term faulting to refer to the formation of faults. Depending on the situation, faulting can act as a constructive or a destructive force. Which of the following best shows how faulting can act as a constructive force?
  1. Rock moves sideways along a fault with no change in elevation.
  2. Rock moves upward along faults to form a mountain range.
  3. Faulting produces an earthquake that causes a local bridge to collapse.
  4. Rocks are worn down as they grind past each other along a fault.
Grade 5 Tectonics
The Blue Ridge Mountains form part of the eastern Appalachian Mountains. How were these mountains most likely formed?
  1. Earthquakes caused rocks to form piles.
  2. Large moving earth plates ran into one another.
  3. Wind blew sediments into clumps.
  4. Rivers wore away rock, leaving peaks.
Grade 5 Tectonics
The edge of one plate sinking beneath the edge of another plate is a process called                .
  1. tectonics
  2. subduction
  3. faulting
  4. eruption
Grade 5 Tectonics
A               seismograph               is an instrument used for recording the intensity and duration of an earthquake.
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