Plate Tectonics Task Cards

Define asthenosphere

• rocky

• plastic-like layer at the upper mantle upon which the plates rest

• the layer that is more dense

• the layer that is least dense

The lithosphere is ______ but is broken into ________.

• hot; pieces

• cold; pieces

• solid; pieces

• liquid; pieces

How are plates moving at divergent boundaries

• north

• parallel

• apart

• together

Give and example of a sliding (transform) boundary

• Hawaii

• Mt. Hellen

• San Andres

• South America

Because granite ______ dense compared to basalt, continents _______ the lithosphere

• is more; sink under the

• is less; sink under the

• is more; float on the

• is less; float on the

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Card #3

• The crust is thinner and denser

• The crust is thinner and less dense.

• The mantle is thicker and less dense.

• The mantle is thinner and denser.

Card #6

• parts of Earth’s lithosphere and asthenosphere.

• the rigid, upper mantle and part of the asthenosphere.

• continental crust and oceanic crust.

• the crust and very top of the mantle.

Tags

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Card #7

• Lithosphere

• Outer core

• Asthenosphere

• Inner core

Card #9

• Convergent

• Transform

• Divergent

Tags

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Card #11

• oceanic plates converge.

• oceanic plates scrape past each other

• continental plates converge.

• Continental plates scrape past each other.

Tags

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