Plate Motion Vocab - Amplify

Front

Earth's hard rock layer beneath soil and water?

Back

outer layer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Front

Large sections of solid rock in Earth's outer layer are called ______________.

Back

plate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

Moving toward the same place is called?

Back

convergent

Front

Earth’s main land areas like Africa, Asia, and North America are called _________.

Back

continent

Front

Where two plates meet?

Back

plate boundary

Front

Movement apart in different directions.

Back

Divergent

Front

Layer of soft, solid rock beneath Earth's plates?

Back

mantle

Front

A sudden shaking of Earth's surface is called ______________.

Back

earthquake

Front

Long, deep ocean floor indentation from plate convergence?

Back

Trench

Front

Extinct reptile from 300 million years ago:

Back

Mesosaurus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1