Plate Motion

What happens when two plates are moving toward each other?

• The plates hit each other and break into pieces making sand.

• One plate goes underneath the other plate into the soft rock below.

• The plates push against each other, making the edges bend upward.

• One plate goes underneath the other plate into the ocean below.

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Which terms describe this plate boundary?

• divergent

• convergent

• mid ocean ridge

• trench

• rising

Earth's plates are moving at an average rate of

• 10 cm per year

• 1 kilometer per year

• 3 kilometers per year

• 3 cm per year

What is the effect of plates moving?

• volcanoes

• earthquakes

• tornadoes

• both volcanoes and earthquakes

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The Pacific Ocean used to be bigger and the distance between China and North/South American used to be farther away. What could explain this as these places are on different plates?

• The plates floated toward each other making the ocean smaller.

• The plates were pushed toward each other by earthquakes, and one plate went under the other plate into soft solid rock.

• The plates moved toward each other and hit each other breaking into smaller pieces.

• The plates moved slowly toward each other as one plate went under the other plate into soft, solid rock over millions of years.

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Which terms describe this plate boundary?

• convergent

• divergent

• mid ocean ridge

• trench

• sinking

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The plates of the Earth moved

• suddenly.

• gradually.

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What is true about the Earth's outer layer?

• it is made of hard, solid rock

• it is made of soft, solid rock

• it is broken in plates

• it is broken in mantle

• it is moving at a slow rate

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

• sand and water

• hard solid rock

• sand

• water

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a long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together

• plate boundary

• mid-ocean ridge

• trench

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