Plate Boundaries Vocab
True or False:
Convergent plates separate, or pull the Earth's crust apart.
False
In our hands-on map activity, we placed a symbol for earthquakes on our transparency. What color and shape represented the earthquakes?
black circles
What two continents were the Mesosaurus fossils discovered on?
South America and Africa
How many layers does Earth have?
4
How many continents and oceans are on planet Earth?
7 continents and 5 oceans
Provide the academic vocabulary word for tectonic plates that come together.
convergent plates
In our hands-on map activity, we placed a symbol for volcanoes on our transparency. What color and shape represented the volcanoes?
red triangles
True or False
Fossils were found on different continents because the plates moved suddenly.
False
Name the first layer of Earth, moving from the outside. This is where hard, solid rock is located.
crust
Tectonic plates move as slowly as your _______________ grow.
fingernails
What is the clue that we discussed in class to help us understand the meaning of convergent plates?
Hint: What does the word 'con' meaning in Spanish?
with or together
Based on our observations of the map activity and the Sim, where do earthquakes and volcanoes take place?
On plate boundary lines
What is a fossil?
Bones, footprints or leaf prints left in the ground, as evidence of life from the past.
As you move into the inside layers of the Earth, what material would you find?
liquid metals
What is the academic vocabulary word that describes what the Earth once was when all of the continents were together?
supercontinent
Describe the meaning of subduction.
When one plate moves below another.
Where do mid-ocean ridges happen?
in the ocean
Fossils can be found in _________________.
Hint: The answer is the 3 magic words!
hard, solid rock
Name the hottest layer.
inner core
What is a paleontologist?
A scientist who studies fossils or bones that are embedded in rocks.
What was the clue we discussed in class to help us remember the meaning of subduction? Is there are real world example we discussed?
The prefix sub- means below. A real world example is a subway train traveling below the ground.
When we wrote our scientific argument, we were arguing how the tectonic plates were able to move so far apart. Which claim argues this point?
Claim 1: Plate motion causes earthquakes to happen.
Claim 2: Earthquakes cause the plates to move.
Claim 1: Plate motion causes earthquakes to happen.
What is the name of the reptile that could not swim across the Atlantic Ocean, but its fossils were found on multiple continents?
Mesosaurus
We watched a video and completed a homework assignment about how Earth's layers can be compared to an _________.
egg
What is the name of the German climatologist who believed the Earth was once a supercontinent?
Alfred Wegener