Plate Boundaries

What is a place where two plates meet?

• Drift

• Tectonics

• Pangea

• Boundary

Scientists study Plate Boundaries because ____.

• The government forces them to.

• Most changes in the geosphere happen at plate boundaries.

• The plate boundaries never change so they are easy to study.

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• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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Plates Come Together

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

Plates Spread Apart

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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Plates Rub Against Each Other

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

Match the plate boundary to its definition.

• Convergent

• Plates spread apart

• Divergent

• Plates rub against each other

• Transform

• Plates come together

Which liquid layer makes the plates move?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

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