Plate Tectonics and Sea Floor

A theory that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move.

• plate tectonics

• convection current

• Pangaea

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

the top layer of the earth

• mantle

• crust

• magma

• core

semi-solid layer of melted rock under the crust

• mantle

• crust

• magma

• core

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The central part of the earth below the mantle

• mantle

• crust

• magma

• core

Molten rock beneath the earth's surface

• mantle

• crust

• magma

• core

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

a current caused by the rising of heated fluid and sinking of cooled fluid

• convection current

• magma

• divergent boundary

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly

• core

• Fossil

• plate

• magma

The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past

• mantle

• fossil

• pangaea

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

large, ancient landmass that was composed of all the continents joined together (looked like puzzle pieces put together)

• Iceland

• Convergent boundary

• Pangaea

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.

• convergent boundary

• transform boundary

• divergent boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3