What's on your Plate
one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer
What is a Plate
a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
What is Landform
any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) in which gas, lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of Earth
What is Volcanic Activity
the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth’s plates
What is the Mantle
evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints
What is a Fossil
moving toward the same place, like two plates
What is Convergent
any of Earth’s main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America
What is a Continent
hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth
What is Magma
Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation
What is the Outer Layer
an extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
What is Mesosaurus
When two objects are moving apart in different directions
What is Divergent
the outside or top layer of something
What is the Surface
hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth
What is Lava
an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart
What is a Mid Ocean Ridge
an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to
What is a Model
the place where two plates meet
What is Plate Boundary
a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together
What is a trench
a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
What is a Geyser
a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
What is a Cross Section
to examine in detail for a purpose
What is to Analyze
how often or fast something happens rifting: the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
What is Rate
a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface
What is an Earthquake
the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano
What is an Eruption
something we observe to be similar over and over again
What is a Pattern
a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
What is a System