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Destructive Plate Margins
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Plate Margins
📚 Part 1: What Are Plate Margins?
1. What happens when two plates meet?
They move apart
One goes under the other
They stop moving
2. Which plate goes down?
The heavy ocean plate
The light land plate
Both plates
3. What can happen when plates meet? (Tick all that are right)
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Rain
Mountains
🌋 Part 2: Volcanoes and Earthquakes
4. Why do volcanoes happen at plate margins?
Hot rock melts and comes up
The ground gets cold
It rains too much
5. Are earthquakes dangerous?
Yes, they can hurt people
No, they are safe
Only at night
6. Where do we find volcanoes and earthquakes?
Where plates meet
Only in hot countries
Everywhere the same
✏️ Part 3: Drawing Activity
7. Draw a simple picture showing two plates meeting. Draw:
• One plate going under another plate
• A volcano on top
• Label: "ocean plate" and "land plate"
8. Draw what happens in an earthquake:
• Draw the ground shaking
• Draw a house moving
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