Plate Tectonics Review!

The Earth’s Lithosphere is broken into giant chunks called ____________.

Tectonic plates “float” on the partially melted ____________ beneath.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

____________ in the asthenosphere cause the plates to move around.

Magma underground is heated, expands, and becomes less ____________, causing it to float to the surface. It then cools, and sinks back down.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Wherever plates interact with one another, ____________ activity occurs.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A ____________ boundary occurs where two plates collide into each other.

A ____________ boundary occurs where two plates move away from each other.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A ____________ boundary occurs where two plates slide past each other.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

____________ crust is thin and will subduct/sink below thick ____________ crust.

• Continental, Oceanic

• Oceanic, Continental

When thin crust slides beneath thick crust at a convergent boundary, this process is called ____________.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1