Earth's Tectonic Plates

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)

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

• North American

• South American

• Eurasian

• African

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The Indo-Australian Plate includes what 2 countries

• Indonesia & Australia

• India & Austria

• Indonesia & Austria

• India & Australia

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

• Atlantic

• Pacific

• Indian

• Antarctic

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

• African

• Indo-Australian

• Eurasian

• Pacific

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

• Nazca

• Indo-Australian

• Antarctic

• Pacific

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Name the Plate

• North American

• South American

• African

• Antarctic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Name the plate that we live on

• Eurasian

• North American

• South American

• African