Plate Tectonic Vocabulary

A theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move.

• plate tectonics

• Pangaea

• Magma

• Lava

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The name of the single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents

• plate tectonics

• Pangaea

• Magma

• Lava

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Heat from the core and the mantle itself causes convection currents in the mantle.

• Magma

• Lithosphere

• convection currents in earth

• Asthenosphere

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle

• Magma

• Lava

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Magma that reaches Earth's surface

• Magma

• Lava

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust.

• Lava

• Asthenosphere

• continental crust

• Lithosphere

The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.

• lava

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

• magma

What are the two types of crust?

• oceanic crust and continental crust

• oceanic crust and mantle

• crust and inner core

• inner core and outer core

earths crust located under the ocean

• lower mantle

• upper mantle

• continental crust

• oceanic crust

The portion of the earth's crust that primarily contains granite, is less dense than oceanic crust, and is 20-50 km thick

• upper mantle

• continental crust

• lower mantle

• ceanic crust