Which diagrams show plates sliding past each other, colliding, or moving apart.
1 moving apart, 2 sliding past 3 colliding
Mount Everest is part of the _____________ mountain range.
Himalaya
When plates collide, they cause powerful earthquakes and can even build _________.
mountains
An earthquake is given a number from 1 to 10 to describe its___________.
magnitude
Earthquakes happen along the __________ of plates, or where the edge of one plate meets another.
boundaries
A system of measuring earthquakes is called the.
Richter scale
The place where Earth's crust breaks is called a ________.
fault
Use the map to find where you live. Write the name of the plate you are on.
Eurasian Plate
All the land and oceans on· Earth lie on top of the ________.
plates
Earth's crust is broken into many large pieces called ___________.
plates
Beneath the plates is the hot, soft _________.
mantle
The Himalaya Mountains in Asia are the result of ___________.
two plates colliding
Scientists study earthquakes with a tool called a ________.
seismometer
The famous San Andreas Fault in California is an example of plates _________.
sliding in opposite directions