Plate Motion Vocabulary

Front

What is a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like?

Back

Cross section

Front

What do we call any of Earth's main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America?

Back

Continent

Front

What is the term for the outside or top layer of something?

Back

Surface

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-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Front

What do we call a sudden shaking of Earth's surface?

Back

Earthquake

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Front

What is the term for the solid outer layer of the Earth?

Back

Crust

Front

What is the name of the layer of the Earth between the crust and the core?

Back

Mantle

Front

What do we call the movement of tectonic plates?

Back

Plate tectonics

Front

What is the term for the boundary where two tectonic plates meet?

Back

Plate boundary

Front

What is the process by which rocks are broken down and transported?

Back

Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2