Plate Motion

Cross Section

• A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like.

• A diagonal portion of a larger object.

• When two line are drawn over each other at a 90⁰ angle.

• A piece of a pizza.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Outer Layer

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

Plate Boundary

• The place where two plates meet; most volcanoes and earthquakes occur here.

• The location where the food falls onto the table.

• Where one country ends and another begins.

• The edge of your patella.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Tectonic Plate

• One of the very large sections of hard rock that make up Earth's outer layer.

• A new song release from "P-late."

• An object that is used for serving food on.

• Round, smooth portions of the Mantle.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

• Convergent?

• Divergent?

• Transform?

• Classic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

• Divergent?

• Convergent?

• Transform?

• Classic?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Mid-Ocean Ridge?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

At which boundary do you find a trench?

• Transform

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Strike-Slip

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What are plates?

• The plates are made of the outer layer of the Earth and they are under the mantle
• There is only one plate on Earth and it is on top of the mantle
• The outer layer of the Earth is made of plates that are on top of the mantle
• The outer layer of the Earth is made of plates and they are under the mantle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

South America and Africa were once together as one place.   What do you think is the BEST evidence for this?

• Africa and South America look like they could have fit together
• Africa and South America have a plate boundary between them
• Fossils of Mesosaurus (an animal that could not swim across the ocean) are found in both Africa and South America
• They were never together, that's silly, continents can't move

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3