Plate Motion Vocab - Amplify

Front

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

Back

Outer layer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Front

What are the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth's outer layer?

Back

Plates

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What does it mean to go against something?

Back

Refute

Front

What term describes when something is moving apart in different directions?

Back

Divergent

Front

What is an extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago?

Back

Mesosaurus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Front

What is the term for the boundary where two tectonic plates meet?

Back

Plate Boundary

Front

What is the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago?

Back

Pangea

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Front

What is the layer of the Earth located beneath the crust?

Back

Mantle

Front

What type of plate boundary occurs when two plates collide?

Back

Convergent

Front

What is the process called when tectonic plates move away from each other?

Back

Divergence