Convection and Plate Tectonics

The soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonics plates move

• Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

• Subduction Zone

• Transform Boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The region where oceanic plates sink down into the asthenosphere.

• Asthenopshere

• Subduction Zone

• Lithosphere

• Transform Boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other in the opposite direction

• Sea floor spreading

• Lithosphere

• Transform Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

The formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the up-welling of magma at mid-ocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side.

• Transform Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Sea Floor Spreading theory

• Plate Tectonic Theory

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Convection Current

• Subduction Zone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A plate boundary where two plate move away from each other.

• Convergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Mantle Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

A tectonic plate boundary where two plates collide, come together, or crash into each other.

• Convergent Boundary

• Conduction

• Tectonic Plate

• Theory of Intrusion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

a current caused by the rising of heated fluid and sinking of cooled fluid

• Electric Current

• Convection Current

• Conduction Current

• Plate tectonic theory current

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The direct transfer of heat from one substance to another substance that it is touching.

• Mantle

• Conduction

• Tectonic Plate

• Boundary

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core.

• Mantle

• Crust

• Core

• Plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1