Tectonic Plates

What are tectonic plates?

• When the ground starts to move
• It is part of the crust  and upper mantle that covers the entire  earth
• ^{When magma comes out the earth}
• ^{The layer that is like a egg shell}

Sea floor spreading happens at what type of boundary

• Divergent
• Convergent
• Transform
• Mountainous

What special force is found in the asthenosphere?

• Wind
• Convection currents
• Tides
• Lava

3. This image is of...

• Convergent boundary
• Transform Boundary
• Divergent Boundary

4. This image is of...

• Transform Boundary
• Convergent Boundary
• Divergent Boundary

the layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer surface

• bread crust
• mantle
• outer core
• crust

5. This image is of....

• Convergent Boundary
• Transform Boundary
• Divergent Boundary

2. What is Pangea?

• When Earthquakes knock down mountains.
• A time when humans chased Wolly Mammoths.
• A time when the Earth was connected.
• When plates move side to side

Which of the following statements is false?

• Oceanic crust is made of basalt
• Oceanic crust is thinner than continental crust
• Oceanic crust is less dense than continental crust
• Oceanic crust is younger than continental crust

Why are earthquakes caused

• Because of the movment of tectonic plates crashing into each other
• tectonic plates