Week 24 Earth Science Vocabulary Quiz

Movement of heated materials. Hotter materials rise. Cooler materials sink.

• Convection Current

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Aesthenosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Ancient land mass where all continents were together

• Pangea

• North America

• continental plate

• continental drift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The continents were once all together but have slowly moved apart over time.

• Continental Drift Theory

• Plate Tectonic Theory

• Seafloor Spreading

• Convection Current

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Earth's crust is made of large, solid pieces that move around on convection currents.

• Plate Tectonic Theory

• Continental Drift Theory

• Survival of the Fittest Theory

• Gene Theory

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The relatively thin part of the Earth's crust which underlies the ocean basins.

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Ocean Basin

• Oceanic Crust

• Rift

Formation of new oceanic crust due to the upwelling of magma at mid-ocean ridges.

• Ocean Basin

• Oceaninc Crust

• Rift

• Sea Floor Spreading

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Occurs when two tectonic plates slide past each other.

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

Undersea mountain range formed where two parts of the Earth's crust are moving apart.

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Ocean Basin

Occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Subduction

Occurs when two tectonic plates move toward each other and collide

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Plates