What happens at divergent plate boundaries?
Divergent Plate Boundaries

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Gail Rodriguez
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Plates move towards each other
No significant movement occurs
Plates move away from each other
Plates slide past each other
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the lithosphere made of?
Only the Earth's crust
Only the solid part of the mantle
The Earth's crust and the solid part of the mantle
The Earth's crust and the entire mantle
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How do hot spots form according to the video?
Due to the movement of tectonic plates
By convection currents in the mantle
All of the above
Through mantle plumes at the core-mantle boundary
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What causes the crust to start cracking at a divergent boundary?
Cooling of the magma
Pressure from below by hot magma
Gravitational forces
Erosion by water
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What analogy is used to explain the process of rift formation?
A loaf of bread baking
Ice cracking
A glass breaking
A balloon expanding
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a rift valley?
A valley formed by the erosion of water
A valley formed by the convergence of tectonic plates
A valley formed by the movement of glaciers
A valley formed by the divergence of tectonic plates
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the African Rift Valley an example of?
A transform plate boundary
A divergent plate boundary
A convergent plate boundary
A subduction zone
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