Use the map to find where you live. Write the name of the plate you are on.
Eurasian Plate
Earth's crust is broken into many large pieces called ___________.
plates
The place where Earth's crust breaks is called a ________.
fault
All the land and oceans on· Earth lie on top of the ________.
plates
Beneath the plates is the hot, soft _________.
mantle
Earthquakes happen along the __________ of plates, or where the edge of one plate meets another.
boundaries
The famous San Andreas Fault in California is an example of plates _________.
sliding in opposite directions
When plates collide, they cause powerful earthquakes and can even build _________.
mountains
The Himalaya Mountains in Asia are the result of ___________.
two plates colliding
Which diagrams show plates sliding past each other, colliding, or moving apart.
1 moving apart, 2 sliding past 3 colliding
Scientists study earthquakes with a tool called a ________.
seismometer
A system of measuring earthquakes is called the.
Richter scale
