Plate Tectonics Vocab

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Hypothesis that continents were once a single landmass and drifted to current locations.

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Continental drift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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Theory explaining movement and shape change of tectonic plates.

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Plate tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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Stress from forces squeezing an object

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compression

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Bending of rock layers due to stress

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folding

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Stress from forces stretching an object

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Tension

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A break in rock where one block slides relative to another.

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fault

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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Rising of earth's crust to higher elevations

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uplift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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Sinking of earth's crust regions to lower elevation

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subsidence

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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Boundary represented in the figure?

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convergent boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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Boundary represented in the figure?

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Divergent boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3