Pangea & Seafloor Spreading

Evidence of life millions of years ago

• Convection Current

• Continental drift

• Plate tectonics

• Fossils

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Describes the movements of tectonic plates over long periods of time

• Convection current

• Lithosphere

• Continental drift

• Fossils

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Circular movements through the mantle

• Continental drift

• Convection current

• Lithosphere

• Plate tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Consists of the crust and part of the mantle

• Lithosphere

• Continental drift

• Plate tectonics

• Convection current

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The theory hat the outer layer of Earth is divided and moves across Earth's surface

• Convection current

• Continental drift

• Fossils

• Plate tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

There is an idea or theory that the large masses of land all over Earth were at one time all connected as the Pangea, or __________________

• Continents

• Supercontinent

• Volcanoes

• Glaciers

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Scientists believe that Earth's continents are ________, or gradually moving.

• Drifting

• Sinking

• Spinning

• Rising

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Evidence from rocks and __________ make clear how Earth's plates have moved great distances.

• Glaciers

• Volcanoes

• Fossils

• Stones

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The process in which a denser plate is pushed beneath a less dense plate

• Trenches

• Subduction

• Divergent boundary

• Tectonic Plates

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The deepest parts of the ocean; long, narrow ditches

• Lithosphere

• Tectonic Plates

• Trenches

• Divergent boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3