Earth's Tectonic Plates

Huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move

on the asthenosphere and consist of the crust

and the rigid, uppermost part of the mantle.

• Crustal Plates

• Tectonic Plates

• Continental Plates

• Oceanic Plates

NAME THE PLATE:

This plate includes the continental crust of Greenland, North America, Siberia, and the surrounding oceanic crust.

• North American

• South American

• Eurasian

• African

NAME THE PLATE:

This plate includes most of the landmasses of Europe and Asia.

• African

• Indo-Australian

• Eurasian

• Pacific

The structural layer of the earth where the tectonic plates are located

• asthenosphere

• mesosphere

• lithosphere

Name the plate located at the "bottom" of the earth (the red question mark is on the continent with the same name as the surrounding plate)

• South American

• Antarctic

• African

• Indo-Australian

Name the plate that is on both sides of the map-marked with the red boxes

• Nazca

• Indo-Australian

• Antarctic

• Pacific

Name the Plate

• North American

• South American

• African

• Antarctic

The Indo-Australian Plate includes what 2 countries

• Indonesia & Australia

• India & Austria

• Indonesia & Austria

• India & Australia

Name the Compositional Layer of the Earth where the Tectonic Plates are found

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

• Lower Mantle

• Upper Mantle

• Crust (Oceanic and Continental)

Name the plate that is composed entirely of oceanic crust and lies beneath an ocean.

• Atlantic

• Pacific

• Indian

• Antarctic