This one-page worksheet will give your upper elementary or middle school science students practice with the lithosphere (also called the geosphere) and plate tectonics. It features questions about convergent, divergent, and transform boundaries in addition to questions about the definition, features, and examples of the lithosphere. It involves critical thinking skills and will challenge your students. The questions are arranged from easiest to hardest.

Each question has a circle with four parts. Students analyze the parts to identify the one that doesn’t fit in with the others. Then they explain in a sentence what makes it different. A complete answer key is included.

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