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Plate Boundaries

Explain how plate boundaries cause earthquakes and volcanoes: plates pushing together, pulling apart, or sliding past each other create the forces that trigger these events, and mountains form where plates collide

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Question 1 of 3

A scientist writes three short descriptions of how Earth’s plates move: 1. Two plates are moving apart, making a gap that later fills with new crust. 2. Two plates slide side‑by‑side along a fault, causing many earthquakes but no volcanoes. 3. One plate is pushed beneath another, building mountains and volcanic arcs. Which answer correctly matches each description to its type of plate boundary?

Question 2 of 3

The town of Ridgeville sits right on a place where two huge earth plates are pressing against each other. Which reason best explains why an earthquake can happen there?

Question 3 of 3

Connie says her plates "crash together," Diver says his plates "move away from each other," and Tran says his plates "slide past one another." Which of the following pairs each friend with the correct type of plate boundary?

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