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WorksheetsDynamic Earth
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Over 250 million years ago, the earth’s continents were connected as one large landmass, known as
Peru
Pangaea
Pangea
Paris
When continents move apart, this is known as
Separate
Moving continents
Continental drift
Drifting continents
A large slab of the earth’s crust =
Plate
Plate boundary
Crust
Core
Where plates meet =
Core
Mantle
Plate boundary
Crust
The thin outer layer of the earth =
Crust
Mantle
______ consists of hot molten and semi-molten rock known as magma. It moves around in very slow currents.
Mantle
Crust
Core
Consists of liquid nickel and iron – this is molten.
Outer core
Inner core
Crust
The solid centre of the earth. Temperates are up to 6,000° Celsius.
Crust
Inner core
Plate
Convection currents cause tectonic plates to move very
Fast
Slow
Plate tectonics =
The earth is made up of large moving plates of solid rock
The earth is made up of small plates of hollow rock
