Mrs. Johnson's Tectonic Plates Lesson

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MS-ESS2-3

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Malissa Johnson

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Mrs. Johnson's Tectonic Plates Lesson 1

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Tectonic Plates

the Lithosphere is divided into Tectonic Plates
the tectonic plates float and move on the Asthenosphere

Tectonic Plates

Tectonic plates are pieces of land that connect together on the Earth's outer shell. You can think of them like a giant round puzzle that cover Earth underneath the ground. These pieces bump together and move, even though it is only a couple of centimeters a year.

Multiple Choice

Tectonic Plates are pieces of that land that move.

True

False

Tectonic Plates

What are the major plates?

Major Tectonic Plates

North American plate
South American plate
African plate
Eurasian plate
Indo-Australian plate
Pacific plate

Multiple Choice

What tectonic plate do we live near?

North American plate

South American plate

African plate

Eurasian plate

Indo-Australian

Tectonic Plates Move

along the boundaries

3 Tectonic Plates Movement

Convergent (pushing together)
Divergent (pushing away)
Transform (slide past)

Multiple Choice

What movement am I?

convergent (move together)

divergent (move apart)

transform (slide)

Multiple Choice

Convergent(move together)

Divergent(move apart)

Transform(slide)

Multiple Choice

convergent(move together)

divergent(move apart)

transform(slide)

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