Plate Tectonics

An opening on the Earth's crust through which hot molten rock flows out from deep inside the Earth.

Alfred Wegener.

Pangea, which means 'all Earth' in ancient Greek.

How new crust is created at a divergent boundary.

Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core.

The outermost layer of the Earth, where we live, consisting of solid rock.

The layer of the Earth between the crust and the outer core, made of semi-solid rock that flows slowly.

The layer of the Earth beneath the mantle, composed of liquid iron and nickel.

The solid innermost layer of the Earth, made primarily of iron and nickel.

A large, rigid piece of the Earth's lithosphere that moves and interacts with other plates.