Restless Earth Vocabulary

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What is a group of the same species living in the same area called?

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Population

Front

What is the term for an opening in the Earth's crust through which molten rock is pushed out?

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Volcanoes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Front

What are deep, elongated depressions in the ocean associated with subduction zones called?

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Trenches

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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What are the large, rigid pieces of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other?

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Tectonic Plates

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What is the semi-fluid layer of the mantle where convection currents occur?

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Asthenosphere

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What is the process called when one tectonic plate moves under another?

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Subduction

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

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What is the boundary called where two tectonic plates slide past each other?

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Transform Boundary

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What is the term for the theory that explains the movement of the Earth's plates?

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Plate Tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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What geological feature is formed at divergent boundaries?

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Mid-ocean Ridges

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What is the name of the layer of the Earth that is solid and includes the crust and upper mantle?

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Lithosphere