Plate Motion Vocabulary

Evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints.

• lava

• mantle

• fossil

• trench

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A sudden shaking of Earth’s surface.

• eruption

• earthquake

• geyser

• lava

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune.

• model

• pattern

• system

• landform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

An extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago.

• Heliosaurus

• Barneyosaurus

• Mesosaurus

• Stemosaurus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

To examine in detail for a purpose.

• analyze

• data

• reason

• model

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

An underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart.

• trench

• geyser

• volcano

• mid-ocean ridge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

One of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer.

• cross section

• boundary

• plate

• eruption

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

How often or fast something happens.

• model

• analyze

• rate

• refute

The slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement.

• rifting

• fossil

• sliding

• convergent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground.

• mid-ocean ridge

• trench

• volcano

• geyser

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4