Homework Homework: Ideas About the Separation of the Mesosaurus Fossils Note: If you do not have access to Amplify Science at home, your teacher will provide you with an alternate way to complete this homework. The Museum of West Namibia wants to know if the Mesosaurus fossils were separated in one or a series of quick, huge movements, or if the separation was the result of slow and steady movement. Given what you learned today, which of the claims below seems best supported? Why? What questions do you still have? Write your response to these questions below, using words from the Word Bank. Claim 1: The South American Plate and African Plate moved apart suddenly. Claim 2: The South American Plate and African Plate moved apart gradually. Word Bank mantle outer layer pattern plate plate boundary rate

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