Earth Science Vocabulary

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Continental Drift

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The very slow movement of the continents.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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Continents

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The world's 7 main land masses.

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A convergent boundary is when...

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Tectonic plates move toward each other

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A divergent boundary is when...

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Tectonic plates move away from each other.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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A fossil is...

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The remains of a prehistoric organism preserved in rock

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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Pangea

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An ancient supercontinent.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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Plate tectonics

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The movement of large sections of Earth's surface.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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Subduction

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One tectonic plate going below another.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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A piece of earth's crust.

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tectonic plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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Tectonic plates slide sideways past each other.

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Transform boundary