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Plate Motion
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| CROSS SECTION | diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like. |
| OUTER LAYER | earth outermost layer of hard solid rock that is underneath the soil vegetation and water. |
| CROSS SECTION | diagram that shows what then inside of something looks like |
| MANTLE | the layer of soft solid rock underneath Earth's plates |
| PLATE | on of the very large section of hard solid rock they make up earth outer layer |
| PATTERN | something we observe to be similar over and over and over again |
| PLATE BOUNDRY | the place were two plates meet |
| EARTHQUAKE | a sudden shaking of earth surface |
| CONVERGENT | moving toward the same place |
| DIVERGENT | moving apart in different directions |
| TRENCH | a long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together |
| MID-OCEAN RIDGE | an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart |
| VOLCANIC ACTIVITY | my 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 | to examine in detail for a purpose |