Amplify Plate Motion Review Reilly

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A long, deep indention formed when two plates move together.

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Trench

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What happens at a divergent plate boundary?

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Plates move apart, creating new crust.

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Outer Layer of the Earth.

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Crust

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When a fossil of an animal is found on almost all continents, what does it support?

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The idea of a connected original continent.

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What explains why Africa is closer to Europe now than it was before?

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Africa and Europe are parts of different plates. The plates slowly moved toward each other as one plate went under the other plate into soft, solid rock over millions of years.

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What is the boundary called where two tectonic plates move apart?

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Divergent boundary

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What is the boundary called where two tectonic plates collide?

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Convergent boundary

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What is the layer of the Earth beneath the crust?

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Mantle

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What is formed when two oceanic plates collide?

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Trench or volcanic island arc.

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What is the process called when one tectonic plate moves under another?

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Subduction