Plate Motion Vocabulary

how often or fast something happens

• analyze

• rate

• earthquake

to examine in detail for a purpose

• cross section

• rate

• analyze

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like

• cross section

• outer layer

• mantle

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation and water

• cross section

• outer layer

• plate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

any of the many processes (such as eruption and lava flows) in which gas, lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of Earth

• convergent

• divergent

• volcanic activity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

a long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together

• plate boundary

• mid-ocean ridge

• trench

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth's outer layer

• plate

• outer layer

• plate boundary

something we observe to be similar over and over again

• analyze

• earthquake

• pattern

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart

• mid-ocean ridge

• trench

• plate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

moving apart in different directions

• convergent

• divergent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3