Plate Motion Unit Review

the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates

• mantle

• outer layer

• plate

• plate boundary

the place where two plates meet

• mantle

• outer layer

• plate

• plate boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth's outer layer

• mantle

• outer layer

• plate

• plate boundary

Earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water

• mantle

• outer layer

• plate

• plate boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

a sudden shaking of Earth's surface

• convergent

• cross section

• divergent

• earthquake

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

moving apart in different directions

• convergent

• cross section

• divergent

• earthquake

a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like

• convergent

• cross section

• divergent

• earthquake

moving toward the same place

• convergent

• cross section

• divergent

• earthquake

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

something we observe to be similar over and over again

• convergent

• cross section

• divergent

• pattern

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

This is when one plate goes under another

• Transform

• Sea-floor Spreading

• Subduction

• Divergent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3