Tectonic Plates - The Skin of Our Planet

The ground beneath our feet is _ moving. We don't feel this _.

• never / usually

• always / often

• sometimes / always

• always / ever

The Earth's (a)   is what moves.

Hint! It starts with a "c"

The Earth's crust is the ? shell.

• inner

• outer

The Earth's crust is made of one big piece.

• True!

• False...

Answer explanation

It is made up of many pieces like a puzzle.

Continental plates are related to the...

• land

• ocean

Oceanic plates are related to the...

• land

• ocean

Oceanic plates are _______ and the rock is _______.

word bank:

wide thin heavy weak thick

(put a space between your answers. Ex. smaller bigger)

(a)  

What happens when continental plates collide?

Answer explanation

The folds pile up and create huge mountain ranges.

An oceanic plate pushes itself (a)   a continental plate.

What doesn't happen when an oceanic plate gets pushed under a continental plate?

• ocean trenches form

• the oceanic plate melts

• the water on the oceanic plate boils

• the liquid magma returns as a volcano