Lesson 2.7: Exploring Iceland’s Plate Boundary

Fossils of species that once lived together are now found in different locations on Earth because:

• the continents have moved over time due to plate tectonics.

• the species evolved at different times.

• fossils can only form in certain climates.

• humans moved the fossils to different places.

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The South American Plate and African Plate moved in which direction?

• They moved away from each other.

• They moved towards each other.

• They moved in circles around each other.

• They did not move at all.

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Earth’s outer layer is made of ________.

• hard, solid rock

• liquid water

• hot magma

• soft clay

Earth’s outer layer is divided into sections called ________.

• plates

• layers

• continents

• crusts

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Geologists look for patterns in landforms and in geologic events in order to better understand ________.

• Earth

• the Moon

• the Sun

• the Ocean

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The plates of Earth’s outer layer ________.

• move

• float in the air

• stay completely still

• melt constantly

• disappear regularly

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Earth’s plates move on top of a soft, solid layer of rock called the ________.

• mantle

• crust

• core

• lithosphere

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At divergent plate boundaries, rock rises from the mantle and hardens, adding new solid rock to the edges of both ________.

• plates

• continents

• oceans

• mountains

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At convergent plate boundaries, one plate moves underneath the other plate and sinks into the ________.

• mantle

• crust

• core

• ocean

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The word 'analyze' means:

• to examine in detail

• to ignore completely

• to memorize quickly

• to describe briefly

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