Dynamic Earth Vocabulary Quiz

A scientist who studies earthquakes.

• Paleontologists

• Tectonic Plates

• Seismologist

• Geologists

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates slide past each other.

• Uplift

• Divergent Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Slowly moving pieces of Earth's crust.

• Tectonic Plates

• Divergent Boundary

• Uplift

• Convergent Boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The outer most layer of the Earth. This is the layer we walk on.

• Mantle

• Crust

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

A boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates move away from each other.

• Plate Tectonics

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

When two tectonic plates slowly crash into each other and mountains are formed.

• Convection

• Subduction

• Plate Tectonics

• Uplift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The name given to the super continent from the well-supported theory that all the continents used to be connected as one.

• North America

• Asia

• Pangea

• Eurasia

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Movement caused by warm fluids rising and cooler fluids sinking.

• Subduction

• Convection

• Uplift

• Plate Tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates move towards each other.

• Convergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Uplift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

When one tectonic plate converges under another due to density differences.

• Uplift

• Convergent Boundary

• Subduction

• Plate Tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3