Plate Motion Amplify

Earths outer layer is divided into sections called

• zones

• plates

• continents

• countries

New plates are formed at the

• Convergent Plate Boundary

• Divergent Plate Boundary

• Transform Fault

The plates of Earth's outer layer can

• move very slowly

• move very fast

• not move at all

• move to fast to measure

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This boundary allows two plates to move away from each other.

• convergent boundary

• fault boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

Fossil remains of Lystrosaurus (an extinct four-legged animal) have been discovered in India and South Africa. When they were living, all the Lystrosaurus lived together on land, and they could not swim. However, now there is an ocean between the Lystrosaurus fossils. 

What could explain how these fossils got so far apart?

• India and South Africa are parts of different plates. The plates slowly diverged as soft, solid rock from underneath got added to the edges of the plates over millions of years.

• India and South Africa are parts of different plates. The plates floated away from each other across the ocean.

• India and South Africa are parts of different plates. The plates slowly converged as new plates from underneath got added between them over millions of years.

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  India and South Africa are parts of different plates. The plates were sometimes pushed far apart by earthquakes, and soft, solid rock from underneath got added to the edges of the plates.

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Which geological feature is commonly associated with transform boundaries?

• Earthquakes

• Volcanoes

• Mountain ranges

• Ocean trenches

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Most geologists think that the movement of Earth’s plates is caused by _______ / La mayoría de los geólogos piensan que el movimiento de las placas de la Tierra es causado por _______

• convection / convección.

• continental drift / deriva continental.

• subduction / subducción.

• conduction / conducción.

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Can people living on the North American and Eurasian plates feel them moving apart? Why or why not?

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Dr. Raisa and her team of geologists have been studying GPS data that shows that two plates that have diverged. Which diagram shows what happened between the two plates as they moved away from each other?

• Diagram A: A new plate from underneath filled in the gap that was created by the plates moving apart.

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  Diagram B: Sand and dirt filled in the gap that was created by the plates moving apart.

• Diagram C: Ocean water filled in the gap that was created by the plates moving apart.

• 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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When oceanic and continental crust converge, the oceanic plate will dive beneath the continental plate. What best explains the results of this action?

• The oceanic crust is moved upward by the radiation of heat

• The oceanic crust will melt as it moves deeper in the earth.

• The continental crust will form a mountain range.

• The two crusts will form an ocean basin

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