
Plate tectonics vocab
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8th Grade
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1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Hypothesis of continents moving across Earth's surface.
Back
Continental drift
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Sections of Earth's crust that move due to convection currents.
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tectonic plates
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Theory that Earth's outer part consists of rigid, moving plates.
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Plate Tectonics Theory
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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At plate boundaries, Earth's crust is broken and rocks slip past each other in one of 3 types of boundaries.
Back
plate boundaries
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
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convergent boundary
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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A plate boundary where two plates move apart.
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divergent boundary
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
7.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions.
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transform boundary
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