Plate Tectonics

Non-explosive, gently sloping volcano made of flat layers of lava

• Cinder cone

• Shield

• Composite

• Transform

Theory that Earth's crust is divided into plates & the plates move around on the mantle

• Seafloor spreading

• Plate tectonics

• Continental drift

• Earthquakes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Theory that magma rises to surface at mid-ocean ridge & cools to form new seafloor

• Continental drift

• Plate tectonics

• Volcanoes

• Seafloor spreading

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Boundary between two plates moving toward each other

• Transform fault boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Strike-slip fault

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Shaking of the ground caused by sudden movement of large blocks of rocks along a fault

• Earthquake

• Volcano

• Tsunami

• Surface waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Small, steep-sided volcanoes made of loosely packed layers of tephra, very explosive eruptions

• Cinder cone volcano

• Shield volcano

• Composite volcano

• Mauna Loa volcano

Boundary between 2 plates that are sliding past one another

• Transform fault boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Reverse fault

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Volcanoes having alternate layers of lava & tephra, have repeated explosive & non-explosive eruptions

• Composite volcano

• Shield volcano

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Cinder cone volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Boundary between 2 plates that are moving apart

• Convergent boundary

• Transform fault boundary

• Sideways boundary

• Divergent boundary

Hotspots are found ___.

• at divergent boundaries
• at convergent boundaries
• at transform boundaries
• within a plate (intraplate)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3