Petroski - Plate Motion Vocab and Simple Concepts

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Cross Section

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A diagram showing the inside of something.

Front

Plate boundary in the picture?

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Convergent?

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Plate boundary in the picture?

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Divergent.

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Photo depicting a mid-ocean ridge.

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Front

Boundary where trenches are found?

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Convergent

Front

Cross section of a potted plant cut vertically.

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Diagram D

Front

Large section of solid rock in Earth's outer layer?

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Plate

Front

Plate boundary?

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The place where two plates meet.

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An earthquake is...

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the sudden shaking of Earth's surface.

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Earth's mantle is the soft, solid rock on which the plates move.

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The soft, solid rock on which the plates move.