Moving Earth: Plates, Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Tsunamis

A theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move.

• Subduction Zone

• Mariana Trench

• Plate Tectonics

• Plate Movement

Solid, rigid layer that is broken up into ~15 "puzzle pieces" that float on an unstable molten layer of the mantle.

• Continental Drift

• Hotspot Volcanoes

• Mariana Trench

• Tectonic Plates

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth.

• Mantle

• Crust

• Core

• Trench

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The layer of rock between the Earth's crust and core.

• Crust

• Asthenosphere

• Mantle

• Core

A German scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift.

• James Watson

• Marie Curie

• Albert Einstein

• Alfred Wegener

Layer right below the lithosphere on which the tectonic plates "float".

• Asthenosphere

• Crust

• Lithosphere

• Mantle

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

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Mountains

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

• Convergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Earthquakes

• Divergent Boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other in opposite directions.

• Divergent Boundary

• Hotspot Volcanoes

• Convergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

Sudden and violent shaking of the ground as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.

• Earthquakes

• Mountains

• Hotspot Volcanoes

• Trench

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2