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Constructive Plate Margins

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Constructive Plate Margins

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📚 Part 1: What Happens When Plates Move Apart?

1. What happens when two plates move away from each other?

They crash together

They move apart and make a gap

They stay still

2. What fills the gap when plates move apart?

Water

Hot rock called magma

Air

3. What can happen when hot rock comes up from underground?

It makes a volcano

It makes snow

It makes a river

🌋 Part 2: Volcanoes and New Land

4. When hot rock cools down, what does it make?

New land

A lake

A forest

5. Where can we find plates moving apart? (Pick all that are right)

Under the sea

On land

In the sky

6. Iceland has lots of volcanoes because:

It is very cold

It sits on top of moving plates

It has lots of trees

✏️ Part 3: Drawing Activity

7. Draw what happens when plates move apart. Show:

• Two plates moving away from each other

• Hot rock (magma) coming up

• New land being made

8. The Atlantic Ocean gets bigger every year because:

More rain falls into it

Plates are moving apart and making new sea floor

Fish are making it bigger

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