Plate Tectonics Task Cards

Card 20

• Convergent (continental to continental)

• Divergent

• Convergent (Continental to Ocean)

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Card 21

• Convergent (continental to continental)

• Divergent

• Convergent (Continental to Ocean)

• Transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Card 22

• Convergent (continental to continental)

• Divergent (oceanic to oceanic)

• Convergent (Continental to Ocean)

• Transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Card 27

• Subduction

• Submarine

• Sub Sandwhich

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Card 28

• A fracture or break in the rocks that make up Earth’s crust. (ex. San Andreas Fault)

• The Water Cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Card 29

• The formation of new oceanic crust by the movement of magma out of the mid-ocean ridge causing the sea floor to widen over time.

• Earthquakes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Card 30

• Trench

• Ridge

• Volcano

• Mountian

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Card 31

• Wegener could not prove the process that was causing the plates to move.

• They just didn't like him

• Everyone believed him right away

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Card 18

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Subduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Why do earthquakes (and volcanoes) occur at plate boundaries?

• because the core is constantly spinning and it causes the plates to shake constantly

• the earth is spinning and sometimes it spins too fast creating an earthquake

• stress builds up and when the breaking point is reached, the energy released creates earthquakes

• there are a lot of people living on/near plate boundaries; when those people jump up and down it creates an earthquake

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2