Plate Tectonics Boundaries Vocabulary 1

the process where one tectonic plate slides beneath another.

• subduction

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A tectonic plate boundary where two plates slide parallel against one another

• subduction

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

A tectonic plate boundary where two plates divide apart

• subduction

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A tectonic plate boundary where two plates come together

• subduction

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

thicker, less dense crust that makes up land. Does not subduct

• continental crust

• oceanic crust

• subducted crust

• asthenosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

high-density, thin crust at the bottom of the ocean. May subduct in a collision.

• continental crust

• oceanic crust

• subducted crust

• asthenosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

a fracture (Crack) in earth’s crust caused by stress on rock.

• fold

• fault

• earthquake

• tsunami

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

when flat rock layers are bent or curved due to compression or uplift.

• fold

• fault

• earthquake

• tsunami

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

violent shaking caused by cracking or rebound of the earth’s crust

• fold

• fault

• earthquake

• tsunami

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.

• fold

• fault

• earthquake

• tsunami

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2