Plate Motion Vocabulary

Front

What is the Earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water?

Back

outer layer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Front

What do we call something we observe to be similar over and over again?

Back

pattern

Tags

NGSS.1-ESS1-1

NGSS.K-ESS2-1

Front

What term describes the movement of tectonic plates moving apart in different directions?

Back

divergent

Front

What is an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart called?

Back

mid-ocean ridge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What does it mean to examine something in detail for a specific purpose?

Back

analyze

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Front

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

Back

plate tectonics

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

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

Back

transform boundary

Front

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

Back

subduction

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Front

What geological feature is formed at a convergent boundary?

Back

mountains or trenches

Front

What is the term for the slow movement of the Earth's plates?

Back

continental drift

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3