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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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  1. Question 1

    How did this feature form: the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?

    • A. formed where plates push together
    • B. formed where plates pull apart

  2. Question 2

    True or false? The continents have never moved.

    • A. True
    • B. False

  3. Question 3

    What is the "Ring of Fire"?

    • A. the Sun's outer layer
    • B. a desert in Australia
    • C. a belt of volcanoes and earthquakes around the Pacific Ocean
    • D. a circle of forest fires in Africa

  4. Question 4

    How did this feature form: the Andes?

    • A. formed where plates push together
    • B. formed where plates pull apart

  5. Question 5

    True or false? The continents have never moved.

    • A. True
    • B. False

  6. Question 6

    How did the Himalaya mountains form?

    • A. Glaciers built them.
    • B. Two plates pushed into each other and crumpled the land upwards.
    • C. Rivers piled up sand.
    • D. A giant volcano erupted once.

  7. Question 7

    How did this feature form: the Mariana Trench?

    • A. formed where plates push together
    • B. formed where plates pull apart

  8. Question 8

    True or false? Earth's outer layer is made of large plates that slowly move.

    • A. True
    • B. False

  9. Question 9

    How did the Himalaya mountains form?

    • A. Glaciers built them.
    • B. Rivers piled up sand.
    • C. Two plates pushed into each other and crumpled the land upwards.
    • D. A giant volcano erupted once.

  10. Question 10

    How did this feature form: the East African Rift?

    • A. formed where plates push together
    • B. formed where plates pull apart

  11. Question 11

    True or false? The ocean floor is completely flat.

    • A. True
    • B. False

  12. Question 12

    On a world map, where are most earthquakes and volcanoes found?

    • A. scattered evenly everywhere
    • B. only in the middle of continents
    • C. in long belts along the edges of Earth's plates
    • D. only near the North Pole

  13. Question 13

    How did this feature form: the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?

    • A. formed where plates push together
    • B. formed where plates pull apart

  14. Question 14

    True or false? The continents have never moved.

    • A. True
    • B. False

  15. Question 15

    On a world map, where are most earthquakes and volcanoes found?

    • A. scattered evenly everywhere
    • B. only in the middle of continents
    • C. only near the North Pole
    • D. in long belts along the edges of Earth's plates

  16. Question 16

    How did this feature form: the East African Rift?

    • A. formed where plates push together
    • B. formed where plates pull apart

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Answer key: Patterns on maps

  1. 1. B. formed where plates pull apart

  2. 2. B. False

  3. 3. C. a belt of volcanoes and earthquakes around the Pacific Ocean

  4. 4. A. formed where plates push together

  5. 5. B. False

  6. 6. B. Two plates pushed into each other and crumpled the land upwards.

  7. 7. A. formed where plates push together

  8. 8. A. True

  9. 9. C. Two plates pushed into each other and crumpled the land upwards.

  10. 10. B. formed where plates pull apart

  11. 11. B. False

  12. 12. C. in long belts along the edges of Earth's plates

  13. 13. B. formed where plates pull apart

  14. 14. B. False

  15. 15. D. in long belts along the edges of Earth's plates

  16. 16. B. formed where plates pull apart