Plate Motion Uno
Which statement best describes what Earth’s outer layer is like underneath the surface in the image?
What is
Dr. Raisa and her team of geologists have been studying GPS data that shows that two plates moved apart. Explain what happened between the two plates as they moved away from each other?
Divergent
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What is a Divergent Plate Boundary?
Two plates that move apart
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What causes Earthquakes?
Plate motion
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What continent is Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Thailand located in?
Asia
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What does WOA stand for?
World Ocean Administration
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What is a convergent plate boundary?
Two plates that move together.
True/False
Underneath both the soil and the ocean, Earth’s outer layer is made of sand and water.
False
What do you call a plate boundary that is moving closer together
Convergent
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Triple Whipple!
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What do you call a plate boundary that is moving apart?
Divergent
What is Earth's outer layer made of?
Hard, Solid Rock
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Pangea
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Ice Cream
Iceland is divided by the...
Mid-Atlantic Ridge...
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A team of geologists wants to study hard, solid rock under the surface of Earth. The team is considering drilling down in Saudi Arabia (on land) or in the Arabian Sea (on water). Where will the geologists find hard, solid rock?
Hard, solid rock
What is a mid-ocean ridge
an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
Name the 3 criteria for a successful tsunami warning system...
-Maximize average warning time
-Minimize False Alarms
-Keep costs low
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What is a tsunami?
A powerful Ocean wave...
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True/False
Underneath the soil, Earth’s outer layer is made of hard, solid rock. Underneath the ocean, Earth’s outer layer is made of sand.
False
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Where would you find volcanic activity?
near a plate boundary
The ocean featured in the RFP article...
Indian
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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?
Divergent plate boundary
What does RFP stand for?
Request For Proposals