Plate Motion Vocab MOD - Amplify

Front

Earth's hard rock layer beneath soil and water?

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Outer Layer

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Front

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

Back

Plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

When moving toward each other, it is called _________ .

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Convergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

Where two plates meet?

Back

Plate Boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

When something moves apart in different directions, it is called _________ .

Back

Divergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

Soft, solid rock beneath Earth's plates?

Back

Mantle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Front

Sudden shaking of Earth's surface?

Back

Earthquake

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Front

Extinct reptile that lived 300 million years ago.

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Mesosaurus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Front

An underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart is called ______________.

Back

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Front

Evidence of past life forms like bones, footprints, or leaf prints.

Back

Fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1