Ch. 9 Plate Tectonics

Plastic layer below the lithosphere

Answer explanation

asthenosphere is the plastic layer below the lithosphere

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

Idea that continents move on Earth’s surface

Answer explanation

continental drift is the idea that continents move on Earth’s surface

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Large landmass made of all continents

Answer explanation

Pangea is the large landmass made of all continents

Process that forms new sea floor

Answer explanation

Seafloor spreading is the process that forms new sea floor

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Driving force for plate movement

Answer explanation

Convection current is the driving force for plate movement

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

What does divergent look like?

Answer explanation

Tectonic plates move away from each other

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What does convergent look like?

Answer explanation

Tectonic plates move towards each other

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What does transform look like?

Answer explanation

Tectonic plates slide past each other

Hypothesis proposed by Alfred Wegner that states continents have moved slowly to their current locations on Earth

• Convection Current

• Continental drift

• Plate tectonics

• Pangaea

Single large landmass made up of all continents connected together that broke apart about 200 million years ago

• Lithosphere

• Continental spread

• Pangaea

• Asthenosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3