Drifting Continents & Theory of Plate Tectonics (C5, L3 & 5)

continental drift

• the name of the single landmass that began to break apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents

• the preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past

• the theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle

• the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface

Pangaea

• the name of the single landmass that began to break apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents

• the preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past

• the theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle

• the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

plate

• a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust

• the theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle

• a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart

• a break in Earth's crust along which rocks move

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

fault

• a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust

• the theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle

• a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart

• a break in Earth's crust along which rocks move

rift valley

• a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust

• the theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle

• a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart

• a break in Earth's crust along which rocks move

fossil

• the name of the single landmass that began to break apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents

• the preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past

• the theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle

• the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

divergent boundary

• a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other

• a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other

• a plate boundary where two plates slide past one another in opposite directions

transform boundary

• a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other

• a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other

• a plate boundary where two plates slide past one another in opposite directions

plate tectonics

• the name of the single landmass that began to break apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents

• the preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past

• the theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle

• the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

convergent boundary

• a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other

• a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other

• a plate boundary where two plates slide past one another in opposite directions

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3