Amplify- Plate Motion Post Assessment Review

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What is Earth’s outer layer like underneath the surface in the image?

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Underneath both the soil and the ocean, Earth’s outer layer is made of hard, solid rock.

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What happens between two plates as they move away from each other?

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Soft, solid rock from underneath the plates rose and hardened, adding solid rock to the edges of both plates.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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Fossil remains of Lystrosaurus have been discovered in India and South Africa. What could explain how these fossils got so far apart?

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India and South Africa are parts of different plates. The plates slowly moved far apart as soft, solid rock from underneath got added to the edges of the plates over millions of years.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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Scientists often study cross sections to better understand what the inside of something looks like. If we took a cross section of a potted plant by cutting it vertically, what would the cross section look like?

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Diagram D

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Where will the geologists find hard, solid rock?

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under 1 and 2, because Earth’s entire outer layer is made of hard, solid rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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Which diagram shows what is happening at the place where the plates are moving toward each other?

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Diagram C: One plate is going underneath the other plate and sinking into the soft rock below.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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Similar rock formations have been discovered in Brazil and South Africa. These rock formations were formed at the same time and are made of the same types of rocks. What could explain how these rocks got so far apart?

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Brazil and South Africa are parts of different plates. The plates slowly moved far apart as soft, solid rock from underneath got added to the edges of the plates over millions of years.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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Patterns on this map tell us that . . .

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volcanic activity and earthquakes happened in similar areas.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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What is Earth’s outer layer like underneath the surface?

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Underneath both the soil and the ocean, Earth’s outer layer is made of hard, solid rock.

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Dr. Bailey and his team are studying two plates that are far apart from each other. However, these two plates used to be next to each other. Which diagram shows what Dr. Bailey and his team would find between these plates? Options: Diagram A, Diagram B, Diagram C, Diagram D.

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Diagram A: Soft, solid rock from underneath the plates rose and hardened, adding solid rock to the edges of both plates.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2