Plate Motion

Front

What type of plate boundary is characterized by plates moving towards each other?

Back

Convergent

Front

What is the movement of plates at a convergent boundary?

Back

The plates are moving together (converging).

Front

What is the outer layer of the Earth broken into?

Back

Plates.

Front

What are tectonic plates?

Back

The outer layer of the Earth made of plates that float on top of the mantle.

Front

What geological events are caused by plate motion?

Back

Earthquakes.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Front

What type of plate boundary is characterized by plates sliding past each other?

Back

Transform boundary.

Front

What is the movement of plates at a transform boundary?

Back

The plates slide past each other horizontally.

Front

What type of plate boundary is characterized by plates moving apart?

Back

Divergent boundary.

Front

What happens at a divergent boundary?

Back

Plates move away from each other, creating new crust.

Front

What is subduction?

Back

The process where one tectonic plate moves under another and sinks into the mantle.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3