Plate tectonics vocab

German scientist who proposed the theory of Continental Drift

• Alfred Wegener

• Isaac Newton

• Charles Darwin

• Alberto Edison

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Theory that states that all the continents were once joined together about 250 million years ago and drifted apart.

• Theory of Continental Drift

• Geological Shift
• Pangaea Theory
• Plate Tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Name given to the super continent 25o million years ago; means "all land"

• Laurasia
• Gondwana
• Pangaea
• Atlantis

Alligator-like creature Wegener used as fossil evidence

• Tyrannosaurus Rex
• Mesosaurus
• Triceratops
• Plesiosaurus

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Fern-like plant Wegener used as fossil evidence

• Cycadophyta
• Gladioli

• Pteridophyta
• Glossopteris

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Underwater mountain ranges

• Seamounts
• Continental shelves
• Coral reefs
• Mid-ocean ridges

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Process by which hot magma is pushed up in the middle of the mid-ocean ridge and cools forming new sea floor.

• Seafloor spreading
• Plate tectonics
• Volcanic eruption
• Subduction zone

Theory that states that the Earth's crust and part of the upper mantle called the lithosphere is broken into sections which are in constant motion

• Geosyncline Theory
• Seafloor Spreading
• Continental Drift
• Theory of Plate Tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Layer of the Earth made of crust and part of the upper mantle

• Lithosphere
• Outer Core
• Asthenosphere
• Mesosphere

Plastic-like layer of the Earth below the lithosphere, on which the plates float and move around on

• mantle
• core
• lithosphere
• asthenosphere