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Plate Motion

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to examine in detail for a purpose analyze
any of Earth's main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America continent
moving toward the same place, together convergent
a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like cross section
moving apart in different directions divergent
a sudden shaking of Earth's surface earthquake
the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano eruption
evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints fossil
a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground geyser
a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune landform
hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth lava
hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth magma
the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates mantle
an extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago Mesosaurus
an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart mid-ocean ridge
an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something simpler or easier to see model
Earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water outer layer
something we observe to be similar over and over again pattern
one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth's outer layer plate
the place where two plates meet plate boundary
how often or fast something happens rate
the slow pulling apart of land tha tis caused by plate movement rifting
when two plates slide past one another transform fault
the outside or top later of something surface
a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole system
a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together trench
any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) in which gas, lava, and ash are pushed outof the surface of Earth volcanic activity
when one plate slides under another plate subduction
Created by: 6 White Science
 

 



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