Plate Tectonics and Geological Concepts

Plate Tectonics and Geological Concepts

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Science

7th Grade

Hard

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Rachel Caldaira

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1.

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Plate tectonics

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The idea that Earth’s outer shell is made up of big pieces (plates) that slowly move over time.

2.

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Tectonic plate

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Large, rigid pieces of Earth’s crust and upper mantle that fit together like puzzle pieces.

3.

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Lithosphere

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The rigid outer layer of Earth, which includes the crust and top part of mantle, where the plates are.

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Asthenosphere

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The softer, partially melted layer beneath the lithosphere on which the plates move.

5.

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Continental drift

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The old idea that continents slowly drift across Earth’s surface.

6.

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Pangaea

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A supercontinent (all the land in one piece) that existed long ago, before the continents drifted apart.

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Seafloor spreading

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The process where new oceanic crust is made at mid-ocean ridges as plates move apart.

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