Earth Science Vocab

What type of plate boundary is shown in this image?

• Convergent boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Transform boundary

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

What type of plate boundary is shown in this image?

• Convergent boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Transform boundary

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

What type of plate boundary is shown in this image?

• Convergent boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Transform boundary

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing.

• Meteorite

• Isotope

• Crystal

• Fossil

• Magma

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Sudden movement and shaking of the earth’s crust.

• Convection

• Erosion

• Earthquake

• Hotspot

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

Determining the age of rocks from the decay of their radioactive elements.

• Radiometric dating

• Relative dating

• Fossilization

• Isotopiation

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

The loss of many species within a relatively short period of time.

• Plague

• Mass extinction

• Subduction

• Radioactive decay

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

The movement of earth’s land masses relative to one another.

• Subduction

• Convection

• Aberration

• Continental drift

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

The amount of time it takes for half of the material of an radioactive isotope to decay.

• Absolute age

• Isotope Frequency

• Half-life

• Subduction

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

A stationary point on the Earth's surface that has experienced active volcanism for a long period of time.

• Hotspot

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Transform boundary

• Apocentre