Identifying Major Plate Tectonics

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Earth's plates meet at ____________.

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plate boundaries

Front

Identify the Major Plate labeled G.

Back

South Americana Plate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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What is the lithosphere?

Back

the crust and uppermost part of the mantle

Front

Identify the Major Plate labeled N.

Back

Antarctic Plate

Front

What is represented by the picture?

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Pangea

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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What are tectonic plates?

Back

Large sections of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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What causes plate tectonics?

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The movement of molten rock in the Earth's mantle.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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What is continental drift?

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The theory that continents have moved over geological time and were once joined together.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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What is a convergent boundary?

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A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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What is a divergent boundary?

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A plate boundary where two plates move apart from each other.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3