geology vocabulary review

the theory that the continents are moving, and have been moving for a long time, and used to be connected into a supercontinent called pangea

• continental drift

• plate tectonics

• sea floor spreading

• subduction theory

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

the supercontinent that used to exist where all of earth's landmasses were connected together

• pangea

• panpizza

• peter pan

• people pan

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A type of plate boundary where the two tectonic plates are moving away from each other

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

A type of plate boundary where the two tectonic plates are moving towards each other

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

A type of plate boundary where the two tectonic plates are sliding past each other

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

the theory that the Earth's crust/lithosphere is broken up into sections, called plates, that move around due to convection currents in the asthenosphere

• Pangea

• continental drift

• plate tectonics

• sea floor spreading

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

currents that run through the asthenosphere due to the heat from the earth's core, these currents move the lithospheric plates

• convection

• conduction

• transform

• subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

a process occurring at a divergent boundary under the ocean, where two tectonic plates move away from each other and magma comes rising up to form new ocean floor

• mid ocean ridge

• mountain building

• subduction zone

• sea floor spreading

a deep crack in the ocean floor, located at the subduction zones of the earth

• rift valley

• mid ocean ridge

• trench

• fault

any crack in the earth's lithosphere, such as the one in California between the Pacific plate and the North American plate

• trench

• fault

• ridge

• subduction