Plate Tectonics

Front

What is the name of the supercontinent that all continents were once part of?

Back

Pangaea

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What conclusion did Wegener draw about the movement of continents based on evidence from land features, fossils, and climate?

Back

Continents move.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What geological feature is formed at convergent boundaries?

Back

Mountain range.

Front

What processes change the size and shape of the oceans?

Back

Both subduction and sea-floor spreading.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What is the process called when oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle?

Back

Subduction.

Front

What is the theory that explains the movement of Earth's plates?

Back

Plate tectonics.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What are the three types of plate boundaries?

Back

Convergent, divergent, and transform boundaries.

Front

What geological feature is typically formed at divergent boundaries?

Back

Mid-ocean ridges.

Front

What is sea-floor spreading?

Back

The process by which new oceanic crust is created at mid-ocean ridges.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What is a rift valley?

Back

A lowland region formed by the divergence of tectonic plates.