Amplify Plate Motion Vocabulary (Chapter 1)

Front

What is the edge of a plate where two tectonic plates meet?

Back

plate boundary/ límite de placas

Front

What is a very large section of hard, solid rock that makes up Earth's outer layer?

Back

plate/ placa

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What is the thin, outermost layer of the Earth above the mantle made of hard, solid rock?

Back

crust/ corteza

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Front

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

Back

pattern/ patrón

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Front

What is a sudden shaking of Earth's surface?

Back

earthquake/ terremoto

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Front

What is the process by which tectonic plates move apart?

Back

rifting/ fracturación

Front

What is the term for the area where two tectonic plates slide past each other?

Back

transform boundary/ límite transformante

Front

What is the geological feature formed when two tectonic plates collide?

Back

mountain range/ cordillera

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What is the term for the movement of the Earth's plates caused by convection currents in the mantle?

Back

plate tectonics/ tectónica de placas

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What is a deep valley formed at a tectonic plate boundary?

Back

trench/ fosa