1 How large of a fracture opened in the Afar depression? 2 Why was the Afari’s w

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1 How large of a fracture opened in the Afar depression?

2 Why was the Afari’s water disappearing?

3 How many plates is Earth’s surface broken into?

4 How far apart will North America and Africa separate in your lifetime? What is meant by “Messinian Salinity Crisis”?

5 In the subduction model, markers were added to show what? What is meant by a scarp?

6 How was it that the ancient Greeks were able to acquire marble for their buildings?

7 What do they convert volcanic activity into at CERN?

8 Briefly describe how the Himalayas formed. How much does India move into Eurasia every year?

9 How long is the San Andreas Fault and which plate boundaries are involved?

10 Name 3 things that shake maps are useful for:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWezU1P6dM0&ab_channel=AmericanGeosciencesInstitute the link for the answers

Question 1(1 How large of a fracture opened in the Afar depression?)

Answer is 58 kilometers or 36 miles.

58 kilometers or 36 miles a fracture opened in the Afar depression.

Afar depression is also called as Afar Triangle, it is a geological depression caused by triple junction.

Question 2(2 Why was the Afari’s water disappearing?)

Answer is less rainfall and evaporation rate is too high at Afari depression.

So it is caused the water disappearing at Afari depression.

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