O'Connor's Tectonic plates review

A set of large waves that wash to shore after an underwater earthquake is called

• Volcano

• Storm Surge

• Hurricane

• Tsunami

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The area where the two plates touch or interact is called the

• boundary

• border

• front

• atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This is the type of liquid that forms *extrusive* igneous rocks

• water

• silicon

• lava

• mantle

These are the giant pieces of the Earth’s crust that move.

• Tectonic plates

• Earthquakes

• Mountains

• Pangaea

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The type of liquid rock that is still under the Earth's surface

• lava

• magma

• fire

• igneous

This is the name used to describe the giant super continent that existed millions of years ago.

• Panama

• Paleontology

• Pangaea

• Pamela

This is the name used to describe when the ground shakes violently because the tectonic plates move.

• Fault line

• P and S waves

• Earthquake

• Tornado

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

An opening in the Earth’s crust in which molten liquid rock is forced up and out.

• Extrusive

• Volcano

• Tsunami

• Collision

What plate boundary is it where the plates are moving away from each other?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

What geologic features and landforms might you find at a divergent boundary?

• Volcanoes

• Mountains

• Canyons

• Plains

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2