The layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core

• Mantle
• Core
• Lithospheric Plates
• Astenosphere

The central part of the earth below the mantle

• Mantle
• Core
• Lithospheric Plates
• Astenosphere

The large pieces of Earth's lithosphere that move over the asthenosphere

• Mantle
• Core
• Lithospheric Plates
• Astenosphere

The soft, upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, on which the tectonic plates float and move

• Mantle
• Core
• Lithospheric Plates
• Astenosphere

The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere is broken into plates that are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle

• Plate Tectonics
• Oceanic Plate
• Geological Event
• Large-scale System Interactions

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Thin tectonic plates that form the ocean floor; more dense than continental plates

• Plate Tectonics
• Oceanic Plate
• Geological Event
• Large-scale System Interactions

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A change to the structure of the earth by tectonic activities

• Plate Tectonics
• Oceanic Plate
• Geological Event
• Large-scale System Interactions

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Earthquakes, volcanoes, etc. - these forces are constantly reshaping the Earth

• Plate Tectonics
• Oceanic Plate
• Geological Event
• Large-scale System Interactions

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

In tectonic plates, the site at which an oceanic plate is sliding under a continental plate; the region where oceanic plates sink down into the asthenosphere

• Subduction Zone
• Transform Boundaries
• Diverging Boundaries
• Converging Boundaries

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A boundary where two plates slide past one another without creating or destroying lithosphere

• Subduction Zone
• Transform Boundaries
• Diverging Boundaries
• Converging Boundaries