What is the name of the big puzzle-like surface of the Earth?
Tectonic plates
Tectonic sea
Earth clouds
Plate boundaries
What do convergent boundaries create?
Mountains / Trenches (e.g., Himalayas).
Name one natural event caused by moving plates.
Earthquakes / Volcanoes / Mountains / Trenches
Where do earthquakes often happen?
In the desert
At plate boundaries
In space
In the sky
How fast do tectonic plates move per year?
5 to 10 centimeters
What happens at a transform boundary?
Plates slide past each other.
What are tectonic plates?
Layers of the ocean
Big pieces of the Earth's crust
Rocks from space
Clouds in the sky
What is Earth’s lithosphere made of?
Tectonic plates.
What happens at a divergent boundary?
Plates pull apart / move away.
Why do earthquakes happen at plate boundaries?
Because plates move and push/pull against each other.
What did the African and Arabian Plates form?
The Red Sea.
What do we call the layer where plates float?
The mantle.
What causes tectonic plates to move?
The convection of the mantle.
What can you explore using a plate boundary map?
Earthquakes / Volcanoes / Earth’s landscape
What are the three types of plate boundaries?
Transform (or conservative), convergent, and divergent.