Plate Tectonics Webquest

Label layers of the Earth.

b

c

d

a

Crust

Outer Core

Inner Core

Mantle

Match the following

• Dense layer made of semisolid rock

• Outer Core

• The only liquid layer of the earth

• Mantle

• Outermost and thinnest layer

• Inner Core

• Hot, solid sphere of iron and nickel

• Crust

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

African

Pacific

North American

South American

Eurasian

Indian

Philippine

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Match the following

• Two plates moving away from each other

• Convergent

• Two plates pushing toward each other

• Divergent

• Two plates slide past each other

• Transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3