Unit 4 Vocabulary Quiz

A boundary where two plates move apart.

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Fault

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A boundary where two plates move towards each other.

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

• Seafloor Spreading

A boundary where two plates slide past each other horizontally.

• Transform Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

• Continental Drift

A fracture in rock along which movement has occurred.

• Asthenosphere

• Fault

• Plate Tectonics

• Seafloor Spreading

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The theory that continents move relative to each other across the Earth's surface.

• Plate Tectonics

• Continental Drift

• Seafloor Spreading

• Asthenosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The plastically deforming part of the mantle beneath the lithosphere.

• Asthenosphere

• Fault

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

The theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into plates that move and interact, driven by convection currents in the mantle.

• Seafloor Spreading

• Continental Drift

• Plate Tectonics

• Convergent Boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The process by which new oceanic crust is created at mid-ocean ridges and spreads outward.

• Seafloor Spreading

• Transform Boundary

• Asthenosphere

• Fault

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3