Planet Earth Intro

What is Pangea?

• A modern continent located in the Pacific Ocean.

• A supercontinent that existed on Earth around 300 million years ago, incorporating almost all the landmasses.

• A large ocean that surrounds the modern continents.

• A mountain range formed by the collision of two tectonic plates.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is a theory which suggested all continents were part of one super-continent called Pangea

What are tectonic plates?

What does semi-fluid mean?

What two plates does New Zealand sit on?

• Indo-Australian and Pacific

• Pacific and Eurasian

• Antarctic and Indo-Australian

• Eurasian and Antarctic

Name the two plates and the fault

a

b

c

Alpine

Pacific

Indo-Australian

What date was the 2011 Christchurch Earthquake?

• Thursday 13th June

• Wednesday 7th October

• Friday 21st March

• Tuesday 22nd February

__________ ________ cause the movement of Tectonic Plates

Match the following

• The point within the Earth where an earthquake originates

• Fault

• The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake

• Focus

• Energy that travels through the Earth and is released during an earthquake

• Epicenter

• A fracture in the Earth's crust along which movement has occurred

• Seismic Wave

What is the Richter Scale?

• The Richter Scale measures the magnitude of earthquakes.
• The Richter Scale measures the depth of earthquakes.
• The Richter Scale is used to predict weather patterns.
• The Richter Scale quantifies the size of ocean waves.