Module 3 Lesson 1 Evidence of Plate Motion Vocabulary Practice

the hypothesis that continents were once part of a single landmass that broke apart and moved to their present positions; led to the theory of plate tectonics

• continental drift

• convection current

• empirical evidence

• hypothesis

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

the observations, measurements, and other types of data gathered and tested to support and evaluate scientific explanations

• scientific theory

• empirical evidence

• sea- floor spreading

• subduction

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

a descriptive statement or equation that reliably predicts events under certain conditions 

• hypothesis

• mid- ocean ridge

• scientific law

• convection current

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

NGSS.HS-PS2-1

NGSS.HS-PS2-2

the movement of a fluid caused by differences in temperature that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another 

• continental drift

• subduction

• scientific law

• convection current

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

the explanation for some phenomenon based on observation, experimentation, and reasoning that is supported by a large quantity of evidence  

• scientific theory

• hypothesis

• sea- floor spreading

• mid- ocean ridge

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

an undersea valley that represents one of the deepest parts of the ocean

• hypothesis

• ocean trench

• empirical evidence

• subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary

• ocean trench

• convection current

• subduction

• scientific theory

an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary under the ocean

• sea- floor spreading

• hypothesis

• empirical evidence

• mid- ocean ridge

a statement that can be tested scientifically through experiments and/ or other scientific investigations

• hypothesis

• ocean trench

• continental drift

• scientific law

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor

• subduction

• sea- floor spreading

• empirical evidence

• hypothesis

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2