Amplify Vocabulary Flashcard Plate Motion

Front

What is the term for hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth?

Back

Magma

Front

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

Back

Lithosphere

Front

What do we call the outside or top layer of something?

Back

Surface

Front

What is the term for the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano?

Back

Eruption

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Front

What is the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's Plate?

Back

Mantle

Front

What is the term for molten rock that reaches the Earth's surface?

Back

Lava

Front

What is the solid outer part of the Earth called?

Back

Crust

Front

What is the layer of the Earth that is made up of the crust and the upper mantle?

Back

Lithosphere

Front

What do we call the movement of the Earth's plates?

Back

Plate Tectonics

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What is the process called when two tectonic plates collide?

Back

Convergent Boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3