Chapter 3 Plate Motion (amplify)

What type of plate boundary occurs when plates move away from each other

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• basalt

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What type of boundary occurs when plates move towards one another

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• slip-strike

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The soft, solid rock below the outer layer of earth is called the ______

Which statement best describes what Earth’s outer layer is like underneath the surface in the image?

• Underneath both the soil and the ocean, Earth’s outer layer is made of sand

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

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

• Underneath the soil, Earth’s outer layer is made of water

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Dr. Raisa and her team of geologists have been studying GPS data that shows that two plates moved apart. Which diagram shows what happened between the two plates as they moved away from each other?

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The rate at which plates move every year is about _____________, this is a very slow, gradual rate.

• 12 inches

• 20 meters

• 3 centimeters

• 30 kilometers

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Earthquakes and volcanic activity are patterns that occur at or near.......

• plate boundaries

• map borders

• continents

• oceans

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Continental Drift Theory suggests.........

• all the continents appeared

• all the continents are so large the must have formed where they are

• all the continents used to be connected in one landmass but gradually separated over time due to plate motion

• all the continents have always been separate but gradually separated more over time due to plate motion

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All 7 continents connected in one landmass 299 million years ago called

• Portfolio

• Poppi

• Pangea

• Panaco

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All of the following are pieces of evidence for continental drift theory EXCEPT

• fossils of the same plant were found in India, Australia, and Antartica

• when the mountain ranges in some continents where put together, they matched up like a puzzle piece

• when rocks of different continents were compared they matched

• many scientists did not agree at first that the continents drifted apart

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