Platetectonics Vocab Quiz

Plate boundary where the plates slide past each other, can cause earthquakes.

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Oceanic Crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The dividing line where tectonic plates meet:

• Divergent Boundary

• Plate Boundaries

• Continental Crust

Part of the driving force for plate tectonics, this process moves heat from the interior of the Earth towards the surface, as cooler plates sink back into the mantle.

• Epicenter

• Subduction

• Convection

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Plate boundary where the plates move apart, causing trenches or valleys on land

• Continental Crust

• Transform Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

One tectonic plate is pushed beneath another plate, trapping magma underneath the Earth's crust

• Subduction

• Plate tectonics

• Epicenter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Plate boundary where the plates collide and land rises (mountains, hills)

• Convergent Boundary

• Oceanic Crust

• Divergent Boundary

This type is thinner and denser than continental crust

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A type of wave from an earthquake or an explosion, that can travel along the Earth's surface or through Earth's interior and can be measured.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The point on the Earth's surface directly above the earthquake.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Sections of the Earth's surface that move -- these can include continental and oceanic crust.

Hint: name of this unit!

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3