Plate Motion Unit

What is Earth's outer layer made of?

• soft rock

• hard, solid rock

• liquid water

• melted rock

What patterns did you find on this map?

• The Earth's plates are all the same size

• Earthquakes only happen on land

• Earthquakes occur near plate boundaries

• There is not a pattern on this map.

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Which statement did we discover to be true?

• Plate motion causes earthquakes.

• Earthquakes cause plate motion

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What is the name of a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like?

• continent

• cross section

• bird's eye view

Earth's outer layer is divided into sections called plates.

• True

• False

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When two of Earth's plates move towards each other it is what type of boundary?

• divergent

• convergent

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When two plates move away from each other in opposite directions at the bottom of the ocean, which landform is created?

• mid-ocean ridge

• canyon

• trench

• ditch

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When two plates move in opposite directions away from each other which type of boundary is it?

• divergent

• convergent

What landform is created at a convergent boundary?

• mid-ocean ridge

• trench

• canyon

• ditch

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Earthquakes are evidence that Earth's plates move.

• true

• false

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