Amplify Unit 2 Plate Motion Vocabulary

Outer Layer

• Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water

• 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

• to examine in detail for a purpose

• how often or fast something happens

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Cross Section

• Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water

• the place where two plates meet

• moving apart in different directions

• a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like

Plate

• moving toward the same place

• moving apart in different directions

• one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer

• to examine in detail for a purpose

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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Pattern

• Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water

• a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like

• something we observe to be similar over and over again

• the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth’s plates

Plate Boundary

• a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like

• how often or fast something happens

• the place where two plates meet

• 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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Earthquake

• a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface

• moving toward the same place

• moving apart in different directions

• an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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Mantle

• to examine in detail for a purpose

• the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth’s plates

• a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together

• how often or fast something happens

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Convergent

• something we observe to be similar over and over again

• the place where two plates meet

• moving toward the same place

• moving apart in different directions

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Divergent

• to examine in detail for a purpose

• moving toward the same place

• moving apart in different directions

• 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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Mid Ocean Ridge

• an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart

• the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth’s plates

• to examine in detail for a purpose

• a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3