Plate Motion Vocabulary

any of Earth's main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America

• continent

• convergent

• plate boundary

• crust

any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) in which gas, lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of Earth

• volcanic activity

• magma

• lava

• earthquake

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like

corte

• model

• eruption

• volcanic activity

• cross section

magma

• hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth

• a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune

• evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints

• hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

divergent

• a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune

• moving apart in different directions

• moving toward the same place

• an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

a sudden shaking of Earth's surface

• eruption

• earthquake

• fossil

• geyser

the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano

• eruption

• earthquake

• fossil

• geyser

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

geyser

• a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground

• a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune

• evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints

• hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

lava

• hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth

• a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune

• evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints

• hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

landform

• a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground

• a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune

• evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints

• hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth