Plate Motion Vocabulary

Front

What is the term for evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints?

Back

Fossil

Front

What is a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground called?

Back

Geyser

Front

What is the term for hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth?

Back

Magma

Front

What do we call the place where two tectonic plates meet?

Back

Plate boundary

Front

What is an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see?

Back

Model

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

Front

What is the process by which tectonic plates move and interact with each other?

Back

Plate tectonics

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What is the term for the boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other?

Back

Transform boundary

Front

What is the name of the boundary where two tectonic plates move apart?

Back

Divergent boundary

Front

What is the name of the boundary where two tectonic plates collide?

Back

Convergent boundary

Front

What is the term for the molten rock that erupts from a volcano?

Back

Lava