Plate Motion Content Review

Any of the Earth's main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America:

• Plate

• Continent

• Mantle

• Landform

Moving toward the same place:

• Divergent

• Volcanic activity

• Convergent

• Cross section

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Moving apart in different directions:

• Earthquake

• Divergent

• Lava

• Trench

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Sudden shaking of Earth's surface:

• Fossil

• Earthquake

• Plate boundary

• Mid-ocean ridge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together:

• Trench

• Mantle

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Outer layer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

An underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart:

• Fossil

• Mantle

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Plate boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones:

• Cross section

• Landform

• Fossil

• Plate

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like:

• Landform

• Cross-section

• Lava

• Plate boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

A feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune:

• Mantle

• Landform

• Trench

• Volcanic activity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Hot, liquid rock on the surface of Earth:

• Magma

• Lava

• Mantle

• Fossil