DYNAMIC EARTH L1 & L2 VOCAB

MAGMA THAT ERUPTS ONTO THE EARTH'S SURFACE

• MAGMA

• ROCK

• LAVA

• MOLTEN

LONG, NARROW MOUNTAIN RANGE ON THE OCEAN FLOOR

• CONTINENTAL DRIFT

• DEEP OCEAN TRENCH

• MID-OCEAN RIDGE

• PANGEA

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

WEGENER'S HYPOTHESIS THAT ALL CONTINENTS WERE ONCE CONNECTED IN A SINGLE LARGE LANDMASS THAT BROKE APART AND HAVE DRIFTED SLOWLY TO THEIR CURRENT POSITION

• PLATE TECTONICS

• PANGEA

• CONTINENTAL DRIFT

• SEA FLOOR SPREADING

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

MOLTEN ROCK STORED BELOW EARTH'S SURFACE

• MAGMA

• ROCK

• LAVA

• MOLTEN

THE PROCESS BY WHICH NEW OCEANIC CRUST FORMS ALONG A MID-OCEAN RIDGE AND OLDER OCEANIC CRUST MOVES AWAY FROM THE RIDGE

• PLATE TECTONICS

• CONTINENTAL DRIFT

• SEA-FLOOR SPREADING

• PANGEA

THEORY THAT EARTH'S SURFACE IS BROKEN INTO LARGE, RIGID PIECES THAT MOVE WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER

• PLATE TECTONICS

• PANGEA

• SEA-FLOOR SPREADING

• WEGENER

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A DEEP, UNDERWATER TROUGH CREATED BY ONE PLATE SUBDUCTING UNDER ANOTHER PLATE AT A CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

• PLATES

• OCEAN TRENCH

• MID-OCEAN RIDGE

• MAGMA

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

NAME GIVEN TO A SUPERCONTINENT THAT BEGAN TO BREAK APART APPROXIMATELY 200 MILLION YEARS AGO

• GRANICZNY

• WEGENER

• PANGEA

• GONDWANDA