Plate Tectonics Webquest

Label layers of the Earth.

b

c

d

a

Mantle

Outer Core

Inner Core

Crust

Match the following

• The only liquid layer of the earth

• Mantle

• Hot, solid sphere of iron and nickel

• Inner Core

• Dense layer made of semisolid rock

• Outer Core

• Outermost and thinnest layer

• Crust

Which of the earth's layers is broken into several plates?

• Lithosphere

• Mantle

• Aesthenosphere

• Outer Core

Name the hot, malleable semiliquid part of the upper mantle.

• Crust

• Aesthenosphere

• Lithosphere

• Outer Core

Which of these is not an evidence that Wegener used for his continental drift theory?

• fossil evidence

• map - puzzle piece evidence

• satellite evidence

• matched mountain range evidence

According to modern Plate Tectonics Theory, the earth's outer layer, ​ ​ (a)   , is broken into several large slabs called ​ (b)   .

• lithosphere
• aesthenosphere
• mantle
• plates
• continents
• oceans
• mountains

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Since the plates are constantly in motion, some scientists estimate that the continents will come together to form one large landmass again in the future. What is the name of the future super continent.

• pangaea

• pangaea ultima

• earth

• death star

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Continents over time (correct chronological order - the last being the most current)

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Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Label the major plates.

a

b

c

g

f

e

d

North American

Indian

Eurasian

Philippine

African

Pacific

South American

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Match the following

• Two plates slide past each other

• Transform

• Two plates pushing toward each other

• Divergent

• Two plates moving away from each other

• Convergent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3