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WorksheetsTectonic Plates and Layers of the earth
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 12mins
What is the Biggest Plate?
Eurasian Plate
Pacific Plate
African Plate
Antarctic Plate
Which is the densest layer? (Mechanical)
Oceanic Crust
Outer Core
Inner Core
asthenosphere
What is the densest layer?(Continental)
Crust
Core
Mantle
What is the smallest tectonic plate?
Juan De Fuca Plate
Pacific Plate
Eurasian Plate
North American Plate
What is it called when 2 plates bump into each other?
Dividing
Colliding
Sliding
What is it called when to plates interact like shown in the photo?
Sliding
Dividing
Colliding
How do tectonic plates move?
They don’t
The heat in the mesosphere and asthenospere
(Mantle) slowly pushes the plates around the earth
The rotation of the earth pushes the plates
They move on their own
What is a effect of colliding tectonic plates?
Earthquakes
Hurricanes
Volcanic Eruptions
Monsoons
In which plate movement do fault lines form?
Colliding
Dividing
Sliding
Merging
What does compositional layer classification refer to?
Classification of the physical features of the layer
Classification of how dense it is
Classification of how hot it is
Classification by what it is made of
Draw the compositional layers of the earth
Draw the Mechanical layers of the Earth
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