Plate Motion Review

Convergent

• moving toward the same place

• a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like

• moving apart in different directions

• an object, diagram, or computer model that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see

Earth’s outer layer is made of  ________ , ________ rock.

• soft, firm

• hard, soft

• hard, solid

• soft, solid

Mid-ocean ridge

• the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement

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• something we observe to be similar over and over again

• one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth's outer layer

• an underwater mountain range formed when 2 plates move away from each

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Outer layer

• Earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water

• the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates

• a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like

• To examine in detail for a purpose

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Geologists look for patterns in ________ and in geologic events in order to better understand ________.

• landforms, earth

• geography, planet

• landform, planet

• plates, earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Rifting

• moving apart in different directions

• the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement

• a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, sand dune, etc.

• an underwater mountain range formed when 2 plates move away from each

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Divergent

• moving together the same way

• moving toward the same place

• moving apart in different directions

• not moving at all

At ____________ boundaries, one plate moves  _________the other and sinks in the mantle.

• convergent, underneath

• divergent,

  above

• transforms, breaks

• convergent, above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What does a convergent plate do?

• moves towards each other

• moves away from each other

• doesn't move at all

• convergent plates are not a thing

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Cross section

• a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like

• a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, sand dune, etc.

• an object, diagram, or computer model that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see

• something we observe to be similar over and over again