Amplify Plate Motion - Chapter 2

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What does 'converge' mean?

Back

To move towards each other.

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Where will the team find hard, solid rock when drilling underground at sites 1 and 2?

Back

They will find hard, solid rock below both sites.

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What happens to the gap created by plates moving apart?

Back

Soft, solid rock from underneath the plates rose and hardened, adding new solid rock.

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What is Earth's outer layer like underneath the soil and water?

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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 does 'diverge' mean?

Back

To move in different directions.

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What are tectonic plates?

Back

Large sections of Earth's crust that move and interact with each other.

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What is the significance of plate tectonics?

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Plate tectonics explains the movement of Earth's plates and the geological activity associated with it.

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What is the difference between convergent and divergent boundaries?

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Convergent boundaries occur where plates move towards each other, while divergent boundaries occur where plates move apart.

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What geological features are formed at convergent boundaries?

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Mountains, deep ocean trenches, and volcanic arcs.

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What geological features are formed at divergent boundaries?

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Mid-ocean ridges and rift valleys.