Patterns on maps
4th grade (Year 5 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: NGSS.4-ESS2-2 · England: KS2 Geography links, KS3 Chemistry: Earth and atmosphere
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Question 1
Where is the deepest part of the ocean?
- A. in the middle of a calm bay
- B. under the North Pole
- C. in a trench where one plate dives under another
- D. next to every beach
Question 2
How did this feature form: the Himalayas?
- A. formed where plates push together
- B. formed where plates pull apart
Question 3
True or false? Earth's outer layer is made of large plates that slowly move.
- A. True
- B. False
Question 4
What is the "Ring of Fire"?
- A. the Sun's outer layer
- B. a circle of forest fires in Africa
- C. a belt of volcanoes and earthquakes around the Pacific Ocean
- D. a desert in Australia
Question 5
How did this feature form: the East African Rift?
- A. formed where plates push together
- B. formed where plates pull apart
Question 6
True or false? Earth's outer layer is made of large plates that slowly move.
- A. True
- B. False
Question 7
On a world map, where are most earthquakes and volcanoes found?
- A. only near the North Pole
- B. scattered evenly everywhere
- C. only in the middle of continents
- D. in long belts along the edges of Earth's plates
Question 8
How did this feature form: the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
- A. formed where plates push together
- B. formed where plates pull apart
Question 9
True or false? Earthquakes happen randomly everywhere on Earth.
- A. True
- B. False
Question 10
What is the "Ring of Fire"?
- A. the Sun's outer layer
- B. a belt of volcanoes and earthquakes around the Pacific Ocean
- C. a circle of forest fires in Africa
- D. a desert in Australia
Question 11
How did this feature form: the Alps?
- A. formed where plates push together
- B. formed where plates pull apart
Question 12
True or false? Earthquakes happen randomly everywhere on Earth.
- A. True
- B. False
Question 13
How did the Himalaya mountains form?
- A. Two plates pushed into each other and crumpled the land upwards.
- B. A giant volcano erupted once.
- C. Glaciers built them.
- D. Rivers piled up sand.
Question 14
How did this feature form: the Alps?
- A. formed where plates push together
- B. formed where plates pull apart
Question 15
True or false? The ocean floor is completely flat.
- A. True
- B. False
Question 16
What is the "Ring of Fire"?
- A. the Sun's outer layer
- B. a belt of volcanoes and earthquakes around the Pacific Ocean
- C. a desert in Australia
- D. a circle of forest fires in Africa
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