Chapter 10 Plate Tectonics Review

The thin outer shell of Earth that is broken into several blocks.

• Asthenosphere

• Chromosphere

• Lithosphere

• Troposphere

Boundary that forms where two plates collide.

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Intrusive Boundary

• Transform Boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Process by which new sea floor forms as magma rises through a rift.

• Terrane

• Rifting

• Seafloor Spreading

• Transforming

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Hypothesis that the continents moved to their present positions.

• Paleomagnetism

• Transform Theory

• Seafloor Spreading

• Continental Drift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Study of the alignment of magnetic minerals in rock.

• Paleomagnetism

• Geomagnetism

• Magnolgeology

• Ocean floor magnogriphy

Boundary that forms where two plates slide past one another horizontally.

• Convergent boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Intrusive boundary

• Transform boundary

Layer of plastic rock just below the hard outer layer or crust.

• Asthenosphere

• Chromosphere

• Lithosphere

• Troposphere

Forming of cracks in weakened continental or oceanic crust.

• Cracking

• Fracturing

• Rifting

• Fissuring

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Boundary at which two plates move away from each other.

• Convergent boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Intrusive boundary

• Transform boundary

Piece of lithosphere with a unique geologic history.

• Continent

• Asthenosphere

• Plate

• Terrane

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4