Plate Motion @Home Lesson 9 Slides

Plate Motion @Home Lesson 9 Slides

Multiple Choice

South American Plate and African Plate is a _____ plate boundary

• Divergent (dividing different directions)

• Convergent (Crashing / towards each other)

Poll

How do you think the plate below us is moving?

• Fast!

• Slow

Open Ended

What do you know about GPS? Where have you heard of GPS?

Multiple Choice

What does GPS stand for?

• Giant Penguin Slingshot

• Global Positioning System

Open Ended

From the video and the Plate Movement Map, what can you say about the plate motion that is taking place right now?

Poll

What # range best represents the rate of plate motion (last column)?

• 10-13 km

• 20-23 km

• 30-33 km

Open Ended

What is 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) away from your home? How long would it take to walk there?

Multiple Choice

Earth’s plates travel at a rate too ____ to be experienced by humans.

• FAST

• SLOW

Multiple Choice

Earth’s plates travel at a rate too ____ to be experienced by humans.

• FAST

• SLOW