Plate Tectonics Vocabulary & Review

Front

What is the hot, liquid layer of Earth made of iron and nickel?

Back

Outer Core

Front

What is the boundary between two plates that pull apart from one another?

Back

Divergent Plate Boundary

Front

What type of boundary is the San Andreas Fault in California?

Back

Transform Boundary

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Front

What occurs when two plates collide and one plate slips below the other into the mantle?

Back

Subduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What was the name of the single landmass that broke apart 225 million years ago?

Back

Pangea

Front

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

Back

Plate Tectonics

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What type of boundary occurs when two plates push against each other?

Back

Convergent Plate Boundary

Front

What is the term for the movement of the Earth's plates on the semi-fluid asthenosphere?

Back

Plate Movement

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What is the geological feature formed at a divergent boundary?

Back

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Front

What is the term for the theory that explains the movement of continents over geological time?

Back

Continental Drift

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3