Plate Tectonics Webquest

Label layers of the Earth.

b

c

d

a

Outer Core

Crust

Mantle

Inner Core

Match the following

• Outermost and thinnest layer

• Outer Core

• Hot, solid sphere of iron and nickel

• Inner Core

• Dense layer made of semisolid rock

• Crust

• The only liquid layer of the earth

• Mantle

Which of the earth's layers is broken into several plates?

• Lithosphere

• Mantle

• Aesthenosphere

• Outer Core

Name the hot, malleable semiliquid part of the upper mantle.

• Crust

• Aesthenosphere

• Lithosphere

• Outer Core

Which of these is not an evidence that Wegener used for his continental drift theory?

• fossil evidence

• map - puzzle piece evidence

• satellite evidence

• matched mountain range evidence

According to modern Plate Tectonics Theory, the earth's outer layer, ​ ​ (a)   , is broken into several large slabs called ​ (b)   .

• lithosphere
• aesthenosphere
• mantle
• plates
• continents
• oceans
• mountains

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Since the plates are constantly in motion, some scientists estimate that the continents will come together to form one large landmass again in the future. What is the name of the future super continent.

• pangaea

• pangaea ultima

• earth

• death star

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Continents over time (correct chronological order - the last being the most current)

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Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Label the major plates.

a

b

c

g

f

e

d

South American

Eurasian

Pacific

Philippine

African

Indian

North American

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Match the following

• Two plates pushing toward each other

• Convergent

• Two plates slide past each other

• Transform

• Two plates moving away from each other

• Divergent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3