4.ESS2.2

Front

What is the layer of the Earth under the crust?

Back

Mantle

Front

What events are most common along tectonic plate boundaries?

Back

Earthquakes and volcanoes

Front

What is the thinnest and outermost layer of the Earth that we live on?

Back

Crust

Front

What are the large rocky pieces that Earth's crust is broken up into?

Back

Plates

Front

What type of plate boundary occurs when two plates slide past each other?

Back

Transform boundary

Front

What is the layer of the Earth that is liquid and located between the crust and the inner core?

Back

Outer Core

Front

What is the process called when one tectonic plate moves under another?

Back

Subduction

Front

What type of plate boundary occurs when two plates move away from each other?

Back

Divergent boundary

Front

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

Back

Plate tectonics

Front

What geological feature is formed at a convergent boundary?

Back

Mountains or deep ocean trenches