Earth's Structure (Plate Tectonics)

What are seismic waves?

• The Earth's outermost layer.
• Force exerted on an object per unit area.
• Vibrations that travel through the Earth's interior.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What is pressure?

• Force exerted on an object per unit area.
• Where two plates move away from each other.
• Preserved remains of ancient organisms.

What is the crust?

• A linear-shaped lowland between two divergent boundaries.
• Where two plates move away from each other.
• The Earth's outermost layer.

What is the mantle?

• Transfer of heat through the movement of fluids.
• The layer beneath the crust.
• Preserved remains of ancient organisms.

What is the lithosphere?

• Vibrations that travel through the Earth's interior.
• Where two plates move away from each other.
• The rigid outer part of the Earth.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is the asthenosphere?

• The liquid layer beneath the mantle.
• The Earth's outermost layer.
• The partially molten layer beneath the lithosphere.

What is the outer core?

• A linear-shaped lowland between two divergent boundaries.
• The liquid layer beneath the mantle.
• Transfer of heat through electromagnetic waves.

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

What is the inner core?

• Transfer of heat through electromagnetic waves.
• The solid, innermost layer of the Earth.
• Where two plates move away from each other.

What is radiation?

• Transfer of heat through electromagnetic waves.
• A fracture in the Earth's crust.
• Force exerted on an object per unit area.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What is conduction?

• Transfer of heat through direct contact.
• Mass per unit volume of a substance.
• The layer beneath the crust.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3