Plate Motion End of Unit Review

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Terms for this plate boundary:

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Convergent / Convergente

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Two plates moving toward each other:

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One plate goes beneath the other into soft rock.

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When two plates move apart, soft, solid rock from underneath rises and hardens, adding rock to the edges.

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La roca blanda y sólida de debajo de las placas se eleva y se endurece, agregando roca sólida a los bordes de ambas placas.

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Earth's outer layer description

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Hard, solid rock.

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Drilling at sites 1 and 2 reveals:

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Hard, solid rock below both sites.

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Diagram of convergent plate boundary

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A

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Dr. Mendoza's team studies two plates that moved apart. What filled the gap?

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Soft, solid rock from underneath rose and hardened, adding new solid rock.

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Converge means...

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To move towards each other

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Diverge means...

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To move in different directions

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Dr. Raisa's team studied GPS data showing two plates moving apart. What diagram illustrates this?

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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.