Tectonic Plate Vocabulary

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Tectonic Plate Vocabulary

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Ancient supercontinent, composed of land that forms today’s continents

continental drift

fossil

mantle

Pangaea

magnetic reversal

Multiple Choice

Middle layer of the Earth situated between the crust above and the core below

continental drift

fossil

mantle

Pangaea

magnetic reversal

Multiple Choice

Conforming to a type, standard, or regular pattern

mid-ocean ridge

normal

normal polarity

reversed polarity

seafloor spreading

Multiple Choice

Force created by sinking of a plate, or slab, that pulls on the rest of the plate

plate tectonics

ridge push

slab pull

subduction

transform plate boundary

Multiple Choice

Today’s magnetic field; magnets orient themselves to point north

mid-ocean ridge

normal

normal polarity

reversed polarity

seafloor spreading

Multiple Choice

Magnetic field in which magnets orient themselves to point south

mid-ocean ridge

normal

normal polarity

reversed polarity

seafloor spreading

Multiple Choice

Hypothesis that continents are in constant motion

continental drift

fossil

mantle

Pangaea

magnetic reversal

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Naturally preserved remains, imprints, or traces of organisms

continental drift

fossil

mantle

Pangaea

magnetic reversal

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Where two plates collide

convection

convergent plate boundary

divergent plate boundary

lithosphere

plastic

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Event in which the magnetic field reverses direction

continental drift

fossil

mantle

Pangaea

magnetic reversal

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New oceanic crust forms at a mid-ocean ridge as old oceanic crust moves away

mid-ocean ridge

normal

normal polarity

reversed polarity

seafloor spreading

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Mountain range located on the seafloor in the middle of the ocean

mid-ocean ridge

normal

normal polarity

reversed polarity

seafloor spreading

Multiple Choice

Where two plates slide by each other

plate tectonics

ridge push

slab pull

subduction

transform plate boundary

Multiple Choice

Sinking of a denser plate below a more buoyant plate at a convergent plate boundary

plate tectonics

ridge push

slab pull

subduction

transform plate boundary

Multiple Choice

Circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density

convection

convergent plate boundary

divergent plate boundary

lithosphere

plastic

Multiple Choice

Where two plates separate

convection

convergent plate boundary

divergent plate boundary

lithosphere

plastic

Multiple Choice

Cold, rigid outermost rock layer of Earth

convection

convergent plate boundary

divergent plate boundary

lithosphere

plastic

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Force created by rising mantle of ocean ridges that creates potential for plates to move away from the ridge

plate tectonics

ridge push

slab pull

subduction

transform plate boundary

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Capable of being molded or changing shape

convection

convergent plate boundary

divergent plate boundary

lithosphere

plastic

Multiple Choice

Theory that Earth’s surface is made of rock plates that move with respect to each other

plate tectonics

ridge push

slab pull

subduction

transform plate boundary

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