Name _________________________

Period _____

Plates on the move

You will be using the computer to learn about plate tectonics

STEP 1: Go to http://www.amnh.org/ology/earth/plates/index.html

STEP 2: Click on the “Find out more about the power of plates” button on the right side of the screen

STEP 3: Answer the following questions

1. Label the Crust on the diagram

List Four characteristics about the crust.

2. Label the Mantle on the diagram

List Four characteristics about the mantle.

3. Label the Inner and outer core on the diagram

List four characteristics about the core.

STEP 4: Click on the button that says “Pangea” and answer the following questions

1. What is pangea?
2. How long ago did pangea exist?
3. What evidence supports the idea of plate tectonics?

STEP 5: Click on the button that says “earth” on the top left of the page
STEP 6: Click on the “plates on the move” link at the top left of the page
STEP 7: Click on “Explore how plates affect your world” button on the right side of the page and
watch the intro
STEP 8: Click the “click here to explore” button on the bottom right of the page and go to the map
STEP 9: Click on each of the 12 red dots and read about each of the locations. Answer the following
questions as you go
1. This was a large Earthquake in Alaska that was felt hundreds of miles away by the town of
____________________.
2. The _______ magnitude earthquake was caused by __________________ activity at the plate
boundary.
3. List four other places where this type of plate activity is occurring.

4. Watch the animation and draw a picture of what happens.

5. This strong ____________________ in _________________ California was caused by

___________________ type of fault, which is the boundary between the ____________ plate and the
___________________ plate.
6. Draw a picture of this type of fault

7. This is one of the longest volcanic chains in the world.

8. What two plates are spreading apart to form the island of Island?
9. Describe what is happening at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and draw a picture.

10. Describe how the Hawaiian Islands were formed and draw a picture.
11. The tallest mountain in the world it _______________ and is part of the _____________mountain
range that has been formed by ________________ of ____________ plate and
_______________plate.

12. Draw a picture of how this mountain range is formed.

13. What are the four main types of plate movement and what geologic features do each of them form?

14. What is this area called?

15. Why is it called that?

16. Why did it form where it did?

17. What is the main plate involved in this area?