Plate tectonics vocabulary

The theory that continents were once connected but have drifted apart.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The thin, solid, outermost layer of the Earth; is either continental landmasses or oceanic ocean floors.

• mantel

• asthenosphere

• crust

The mineralized remains of organisms, showing how long-dead organisms lived and how their bodies were structured.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The solid layer of Earth between the crust and the core; made of dense silicates.

• mantle
• lithosphere
• crust
• core

Fossils that are widespread, come from organisms that lived over a relatively short period of time, and can be used to correlate rock strata

• Modern fossils
• Ancient fossils
• Evolutionary fossils
• Index fossils

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The theory that the crust is divided into large pieces called tectonic plates that slowly move on top of the mantel

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Huge piece of crust that slowly moves on the upper ductile part of the mantel.

• Tectonic plate
• Magma flow
• Volcanic eruption
• Seismic wave

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Explanation for a set of observations.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

"Science dead dude" who proposed the theory of plate tectonics.

• Alfred Wegener
• Galileo Galilei
• Isaac Newton
• Marie Curie

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Landmassess are still moving today.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3