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Over time the plates moved

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Evidence Card D suggest that both the South American Plate and the African Plate move away from each other gradually because it only moves apart 3 centimetres a year which is very slow.

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this matters because it shows how fast the south american plate moves away from the african plate and it shows the rate that they move away froom eachother

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Evidence Card D shows that this piece of evidence tells us that every year it will only move 3.0 cm apart from each other and that shows that it moves a way from each other slowly or gradually.  The South American plate, and the Africa move a way from each other slowly or gradually.

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The mesosaurus fossils were found on the South American plate and on the African plate separated by about 4,000 km of Atlantic ocean and GPS shows that the plates only move around 3 cm per year witch is a very small amount.

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This means that overtime both the South American Plate and the African Plate moved away gradually , according to evidence card D it moves at a rate of 3.0 cm per year which is very slow compared to what we move a day even compared to what a slug moves in a year it's movement is very, very, very slow.

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Evidence card D supports the  claim because it tells us how much the plate moves per year.In the evidence card it says,"South American Plate and African Plate are currently spreading apart from each other at a rate of 3.0 cm per year." This tells me that the plates move 3.0 cm per year.

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The ridge formed overtime as all rideges do. Because of divert plate

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mid-ocean ridge land forms form at divergent plate boundaries and there was one found between the south American plate and African plate.

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Evidence Card B shows that the South American and African plate is a divergent plate because a mid -ocean ridge was found and a mid - ocean ridge is made by a divergent plate since divergent plates will move away and the mantle will rise because there can't just be a space in the water so the mantle will rise and that will cause a mid - ocean ridge just as found in the South American and African plate.

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This matters because it shows how the two plates are divergent plate boundaries because when divergent plate boundaries move away from each other causing the mantle to rise and create a mid ocean ridge.

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This matters because it shows that a mid-ocean ridge is formed between continents which we all know that divergent plate boundary is the cause of mid-ocean ridges.

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All of this suggests that the South American and the African plate is a divergent plate because it has a mid-ocean ridge.

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This evidence supports the claim because A Mid- ocean land form when thee plate boundary is divergent. This is important because is shows that the plate boundary for the South American plate and African plate is divergent.

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It shows the South American plate, and the African Plate being divergent. I know this becasue if a plate is in the mid - ocean ridge it is mostly a divergent plate.

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A mid-ocean ridge landform is found along the plate boundary between the South American Plate and African Plate.

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Earthquakes occur when plates move at plate boundaries. If there are earthquakes at the plate boundary between the South American and African plate, then there must be movement at the plate boundary.

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The earthquakes along the plate boundary between the South American Plate and African plate tell us that the plates are moving. As plates move earthquakes happen.

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Earthquakes occur in a pattern along the plate boundary between the South American Plate and African Plate.

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The South American Plate and African Plate moved apart gradually at a divergent plate boundary.

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The continents of South America and Africa, where Mesosaurus fossils are located, are currently about 4,000 km apart and separated by the Atlantic Ocean. GPS measurements show that the South American Plate and African Plate are currently spreading apart from each other at a rate of 3.0 cm per year.