Amplify Plate Motion - Chapter 2

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What happens to locations A and B at a convergent boundary over time?

Back

A and B will move towards each other over time.

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What happens to locations A and B at a divergent boundary over time?

Back

A and B move away from each other over time.

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What does 'diverge' mean?

Back

To move in different directions.

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What is found below site 1 and site 2 when drilling underground?

Back

They will find hard, solid rock below both sites.

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

Back

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

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What is a convergent boundary?

Back

A boundary where two tectonic plates move towards each other.

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What is a divergent boundary?

Back

A boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other.

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What is the lithosphere?

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The rigid outer layer of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.

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What is the asthenosphere?

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The semi-fluid layer beneath the lithosphere that allows tectonic plates to move.

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What is subduction?

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The process where one tectonic plate moves under another and sinks into the mantle.