Stemscopedia Plate Tectonics and Vocab

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

• mantle

• crust

• Pangea

• earthquake

The solid layer of Earth between the crust and the core; made of dense silicates. (Convection currents happen here.)

• mantle

• crust

• magma

• Pangea

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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

• seafloor spreading

• continental drift

• tectonic plate

• plate tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Huge piece of crust that slowly moves on the upper, ductile (able to be molded, like plastic) part of the mantle

• pangea

• continental drift

• tectonic plate

• plate tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

​ (a)   the process by which rock material moves under Earth’s outer layer and into the mantle due to plate motion

• subduction

• uplift

• weathering

• sediment

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ESS2.A

ESS2.C

ESS3.A

ESS3.C

Drag the labels to the correct the locations on the diagram.

a

b

c

d

e

convergent boundary

Mid-ocean Ridge

slab pull

trench

divergent boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Match the following

• Subduction

• A plate boundary where two tectonic plates move toward each other and collide

• Divergent boundary

• A plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide horizontally past one another

• Convergent boundary

• process in which two lithospheric plates of different densities converge and the denser one sinks into the mantle beneath the other

• Transform boundary

• A plate boundary where two tectonic plates move apart from each other

This image shows the formation of a mountain range. At this ​ (a)   plate boundary, colliding plates are a ​ (b)   .

• convergent

• constructive force

• destructive force

• force field

• divergent

• transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

According to the graph, how many kilometers from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge are rock samples that are 75 million years old? ​

• 1,150 Km

• 3 Km

• 1,300 Km

• 800 Km

• 1,000 Km

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

This image shows the formation of a mountain range at this ​ (a)   plate boundary.

• convergent

• destructive force

• force field

• divergent

• transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2