Plate Motion

Front

What is the place where two tectonic plates meet?

Back

Plate boundary.

Front

How do the plates of the Earth move?

Back

Gradually.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Front

What is a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like?

Back

Cross Section.

Front

What term describes how often or how fast something happens?

Back

Rate.

Front

What is Earth's outer layer broken up into?

Back

Plates.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Front

What type of plate boundary occurs when two plates move towards each other?

Back

Convergent boundary.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Front

What is the term for the movement of tectonic plates?

Back

Plate tectonics.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Front

What geological feature is formed at a divergent boundary?

Back

Mid-ocean ridge.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

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

Back

Subduction.

Front

What is the term for the large sections of the Earth's crust?

Back

Tectonic plates.