Plate Tectonics 21st Feb 2018
Powerpoint presentations: 2
Follow the link below, play the video(s) and try out the explore activity!
Task 1
Watch this Video on motion of plate tectonics
Task 2: What do the following terms mean?
a) tectonic plate - The 12 plates that connect to the 12 continent
b) convergent- Made of 3 topics - Continent Continent-Collision,Continent-Oceanic crust Collision, Ocean-Ocean Collision
c) divergent - At Divergent boundaries regies are formed
d) Transform - Boundary - Plates slide past each other
d) subduction - the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
e. Large pieces of the Earth’s crust are called tectonic plates. Name: Lithosphere & Asthenosphere
1) the two tectonic plates New Zealand sits across. Include an image here. Australian Plate and Pacific Plate.
2) two other major tectonic plates Eurasian & North American plate
3) a plate that has no continents on it - i don’t know
Task 3: Tectonic plates can move apart, come together or slide past each other. Describe, using a named example and image, what happens when plates:
a) move apart Divergent
b) come together Convergent 
c) slide past each other Transform 
Task 4: Plate Tectonics Boundaries
- Explore - Plates of the Earth
Plate Tectonics Jigsaw puzzle
Screenshot your completed map below.
Task 5:
Task 6:
Task 3. Crossword. Open it here and click on the link to view the crossword. Copy the crossword and answer.
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