What happens when two plates move apart from each other?

New crust is formed from the cooling melted rock coming up.

What does the theory of Plate Tectonics mean?

Earth's outer layer is made up of large moving pieces called plates.

Why is area around the Pacific plate called the Ring of Fire?

A lot of earthquakes and volcanoes are caused by plate movement.

What caused Pangaea to break apart?

Oceanic and Continental plates moving.

How fast are the tectonic plates moving?

about as fast as your fingernails grow

Why are earthquakes common in California?

Two major plates meet along the coastline of California

What are some benefits of volcanoes?(choose 2)

Volcanoes produce gasses that are important to life on Earth., Ash can fertilize the soil.

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5.1.1 Patterns of Earth's features

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SEEd Strand 5.1 Characteristics and Interactions of Earth's System Standard 5.1.1 : patterns of Earth's features, Volcanoes and Earthquakes

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1
What are Earth's plates made up of?
Magma
Partially melted rock
Solid rock
Water and Sand
2
What happens when two plates move apart from each other?
One plate slides under another and is destroyed.
Large mountain ranges are formed on land.
New crust is formed from the cooling melted rock coming up.
A supercontinent is formed.
3
What does the theory of Plate Tectonics mean?
The Earth is divided into continents and countries.
Earth's outer layer is made up of large moving pieces called plates.
Each country has it's own shape.
Plants and Animals are found in all areas of the world.
4
Why is area around the Pacific plate called the Ring of Fire?
Wildfires are caused by the movement of the plates.
The ocean temperature is rising making the beaches feel hotter.
The equator runs through this area making it very hot and tropical.
A lot of earthquakes and volcanoes are caused by plate movement.
5
Volcanoes can form under water.
True
False
6
What caused Pangaea to break apart?
Dinosaurs moving from place to place.
Oceanic and Continental plates moving.
The earth's inner core built up a lot of pressure and cracked the surface.
The earth was covered in ice and slowly melted and cracked.
7
As the plates move, they interact at their boundaries in different ways.
False
True
8
How fast are the tectonic plates moving?
about as fast as your fingernails grow
about as fast as a turtle walking
they move so slow we can't measure it
about as fast as a jet plane
9
Why are earthquakes common in California?
Two major plates meet along the coastline of California
The oceanic plate is smaller than the continental plate.
Big waves crash on the coastline.
California has a large population.
10
What are some benefits of volcanoes?(choose 2)
The magma is used for fuel.
Volcanoes produce gasses that are important to life on Earth.
Ash can fertilize the soil.
Volcanoes help winter to melt into spring.
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How are mountain ranges formed?
Two continental plates colide.
An oceanic plate goes under a continental plate.
Continental plates shift and slide next to each other.
Magma pushes through two oceanic plates.

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