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How do divergent boundaries move?

What is a seismograph?

Earthquakes

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1
What is a seismograph?
A special type of wire.
The name of a tree.
An instrument used to measure and record earthquakes.
An earthquake that occurs deep below the earth's crust.
2
How do divergent boundaries move?
Towards each other.
Rub past each other.
Away from each other.
3
Where will you find the earth's tectonic plates?
Lower Mantle
Crust
Inner Core
outercore
4
Where do earthquakes most commonly occur.
On the moon.
In the ocean.
In mountain ranges.
Where fault lines meet.
5
Which boundary movement is most famous for causing earthquakes?
Divergent boundaries
Transform boundaries
Convergent boundaries.
6
How do convergent plates move?
Towards each other.
Rub past each other.
Away from each other.
7
The largest earthquake ever recorded was in.......
New Zealand
Australia
America
Chile
8
Earthquakes in the ocean cause tsunamis.
False
True
9
How do transform boundaries move?
Away from each other.
Rub past each other.
Towards each other.
10
Earthquakes happen everyday.
True
False