Plate Motion Vocab - Amplify

Front

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

Back

Mantle

Front

What do we call the place where two plates meet?

Back

Plate boundary

Front

What is measured in cm per year or km per million years?

Back

Rate of plate motion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What was the name of the supercontinent that Alfred Wegner argued about?

Back

Pangea

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

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

Back

Cross section

Front

What is the term for the movement of Earth's plates?

Back

Plate tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What type of plate boundary occurs when two plates move apart?

Back

Divergent boundary

Front

What type of plate boundary occurs when two plates collide?

Back

Convergent boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

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

Back

Subduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What is the name of the theory that explains the movement of Earth's plates?

Back

Plate tectonics theory

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3