Unit 2 Plate Motion

Question 1

to examine in detail for a purpose

Answer 1

analzye

Question 2

part of a plate where the hard solid rock is thicker

Answer 2

continent

Question 3

moving towards the same place

Answer 3

convergent

Question 4

a cylindrical piece of material that is extracted from the subsurface, using a special drill

Answer 4

core sample

Question 5

a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like

Answer 5

cross section

Question 6

moving apart in different directions

Answer 6

divergent

Question 7

a sudden shaking of Earth’s surface

Answer 7

earthquake

Question 8

evidence of life from the past

Answer 8

fossil

Question 9

the solid part of our rocky planet

Answer 9

geosphere

Question 10

the layer of soft solid rock underneath earth’a plates

Answer 10

mantle

Question 11

an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move away from each other

Answer 11

mid ocean ridge

Question 12

earth’s outermost layer of hard solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation and water

Answer 12

outer layer

Question 13

a scientist who studies fossils or bones that are embedded in rocks, in order to learn about the history of life on Earth

Answer 13

paleontologist

Question 14

something we observe to be similar over and over agian

Answer 14

pattern

Question 15

one of the very large sections of hard solid rock that makes up earth’s outer layers

Answer 15

plate

Question 16

the place where two plates meet

Answer 16

plate boundary

Question 17

how often or fast something happens

Answer 17

rate

Question 18

the process of making clear how your evidence supports your claim

Answer 18

reasoning

Question 19

the divergent movement or spreading plate material in the interior of a plate

Answer 19

rifting

Question 20

a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole

Answer 20

system

Question 21

a long deep indentation in the ocean floor, formed when two plates move together

Answer 21

trench

Question 22

any of the many processes in which gas, lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of the earth

Answer 22

volcanic activity