Amplify Plate Motion Review

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What is Earth’s outer layer like underneath the surface in the image?

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

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Outer Layer

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Crust

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Plate Boundary

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The place where two plates meet; most volcanoes and earthquakes occur here.

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At which boundary do you find a trench? Options: Transform, Divergent, Convergent, Strike-Slip

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Convergent

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What is Earth’s outer layer like underneath the surface in the image?

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

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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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Diagram D: Soft, solid rock from underneath the plates rose and hardened, adding solid rock to the edges of both plates.

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Where will the geologists find hard, solid rock?

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Under Saudi Arabia and the Arabian Sea, because Earth’s entire outer layer is made of hard, solid rock.

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Patterns on this map tell us that . . .

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volcanic activity and earthquakes happened in similar areas.

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What is Earth's outer layer like underneath the surface?

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

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Dr. Bailey and his team are studying two plates that are far apart but used to be next to each other. Which diagram shows what they would find between these plates?

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Diagram A: Soft, solid rock from underneath the plates rose and hardened, adding solid rock to the edges of both plates.