3rd six weeks vocabulary - 2023

the thin, solid, outermost layer of Earth

• crust

• continental crust

• oceanic crust

• mantle

the solid layer of the Earth between the crust and core

• crust

• continental crust

• oceanic crust

• mantle

the cool, rigid, outermost layer of the Earth that consists of crust and the uppermost part of the mantle; broken into pieces or segments called plates

• asthenosphere

• lithosphere

• mechanical layers

• compositional layers

the solid layer with plasticity in the upper mantle that is located just below the lithosphere; the lithospheric plates "float" and move on this layer

• asthenosphere

• lithosphere

• mechanical layers

• compositional layers

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

the center of Earth that is divided into 2 layers

• core

• outer core

• inner core

• crust

• mantle

the layer of the core that is made of liquid nickel and iron

• core

• outer core

• inner core

• crust

• mantle

the sphere of solid nickel and iron at the center of Earth surrounded by liquid

• core

• outer core

• inner core

• crust

• mantle

theory describing the motion of the plates making up Earth's lithosphere

• tectonic plates

• oceanic basin

• subduction

• faults

• sea floor spreading

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

when two tectonic plates meet and one is pushed under the other into the Earth's mantle; causing powerful earthquakes and tsunamis

• tectonic plates

• oceanic basin

• subduction

• faults

• sea floor spreading

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

a fracture or break in the Earth's crust

• tectonic plates

• oceanic basin

• subduction

• faults

• sea floor spreading

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2