Question

Kat is creating a model to show how plate movements are linked to the formation of new rocks, and she is trying to place the steps in the correct order. Which step comes first?
The tectonic plates move apart from one another

Lava flows onto Earth's surface


magma forms beneath the plates and rises up through the cracks


Lava cools and hardens to form igneous rock

Answer 1

1. Tectonic plates move
2. Magma forms and rises through the cracks
3. Lava flows onto the Earth’s surface
4. Lava cools and hardens to form igneous rock